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‘Letters from Sir J. Outram to the Secret Committee’ [2r] (3/4)
The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 2 Jul 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 letters from Sir James Outram 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, received 2 July 1857. The letters consist of: a copy of a letter from Outram to the Governor General of India, of 29 May 1857, regarding recommendations for military awards; a summary of a letter from Outram to Lieutenant General Sir H Somerset, ‘with a long list of officers recommended for reward’; and a summary of a 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 1 June 1857, consisting of a copy of a letter to the Secretary to the Government of Calcutta of 1 June, stating ‘Reduction of the baggage cattle:- camels and mules’.
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- Mss Eur F231/32, ff 1-2
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- ‘Letters from Sir J. Outram to the Secret Committee’
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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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