Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/44, ff 74-75
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Dec 1865. 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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Letter regarding Pelly's landing either that evening or the following day and reporting that the mail steamer still has lots of cargo to board and land so will not be departing til the following evening. Edwards goes on to report on damage suffered to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. by a storm the previous night and in a postscript enquires whether Pelly wishes him to bring the mission despatch on board and informs him that he would not be able to do any work at sea as he suffers from sea sickness.
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- 2 folios
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- 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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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 74-75
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- 20 Dec 1865 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 74-75
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- Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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- 74r:75v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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