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‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles January 16.1857’ [70v] (4/8)
The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1857. 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 Governor General of India (8 December 1856, Number 61) 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. (16-17 December 1856, Numbers 99-100, 103, 105-107). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The letter from the Governor General (folio 69) is limited to a brief acknowledgement.
The section from Bombay (folios 69-107) is more substantive and the main topics are as follows: the fall of Herat, details of a reserve force to be established for the expeditionary force against Persia, and orders for the re-occupation of Perim Island in the Red Sea including proposals for the erection of a lighthouse.
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- Mss Eur F231/30, ff 69-72
- Title
- ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles January 16.1857’
- Pages
- 69r:72v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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