Letter no.3A from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

IOR/R/15/1/149, f 13

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 9 Jun 1855. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The letter relates to five manumitted slaves currently residing at Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū] for passage to Bombay. Kemball writes that the eldest of the five slaves has requested he be freed to earn a livelihood at Bassadore, and that, given his age of about eighteen or nineteen, Kemball has agreed to this request.

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IOR/R/15/1/149, f 13

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9 Jun 1855 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.3A from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/149, f 13, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024052050.0x000007> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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