‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’

Mss Eur F231/31, ff 92-99

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The record is made up of 1 item (8 folios). It was created in 14 Jun 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 of letters from the Governor General of India in Council (3 June, Numbers 26-27; 5 June, Number 28; 6 June, Number 29).

The summaries concern the 1857 Indian Mutiny [Rebellion or Uprising], including summaries of reports from the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, and a summary of a letter to Lord Elgin of 19 May 1857, encouraging Lord Elgin (High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East) to send European troops from the China Force to India.

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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 F231/31, ff 92-99

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