‘Secret Letters received January 1.1856 by way of Marseilles’ [10v] (4/20)
The record is made up of 1 item (10 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1856. 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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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 November 1855, Numbers 61-62) and the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. (28 November and 3 December 1855, Numbers 71 and 73-75). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The despatches from the President in Council (folios 9-16r) focus on news from Afghanistan and developments in the Nepalese-Tibetan War (1855-1856). They also include an acquittal for the conduct of Major-General Clarke and the question as to whether British mediation can be employed in the dispute between Maharaja Gulab Singh of Cashmere [Kashmir] and his nephew Raja King Jowahir Singh.
The section from Bombay (folios 16v-17) provides brief updates on Aden, Afghanistan, Persia, and the suppression of the East African Slave Trade.
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- Mss Eur F231/27, ff 9-18
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- ‘Secret Letters received January 1.1856 by way of Marseilles’
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- 9r:18v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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