Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Dr John McNeill
IOR/L/PS/9/70/19
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 5 Jun 1825. 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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Copy of a letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Dr John McNeill of 5 June 1825. The letter serves as testimony to the good conduct of Dr McNeill during his services as Acting Secretary to HM Mission to Persia, on account of Dr McNeill’s imminent departure to serve as physician to the mission of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir (referred to as Colonel Macdonald in this item).
This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company of 24 June 1825 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/18).
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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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- 5 Jun 1825 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tehran, to Dr John McNeill
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- 1r:2v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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