Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Captain H Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company's Steam Ship Euphrates
Mss Eur F126/44, ff 99-100
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 13 Jul 1866. 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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Letter regarding the Melik [Malik al-Tujjar] still being dissatisfied with the situation of the runaway slaves and statements from three witnesses who claim to have seen the runaway slaves on board the Euphrates since it has been anchored at Bushire Roads.
The letter goes on to request that should the men be discovered on leaving Bushire that the Captain will inform Colonel Pelly, whom they should encounter on route to Bombay, but if they are discovered before the Euphrates leaves Bushire he should communicate with Edwards before landing them.
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- 2 folios
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- 324 imagesRef: Mss Eur F126/44
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This letter is an enclosure to folios 96-97.
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- English in Latin script
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- Letter
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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 F126/44, ff 99-100
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- 13 Jul 1866 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 99-100
- Title
- Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Captain H Atkinson, British India Steam Navigation Company's Steam Ship Euphrates
- Pages
- 99r:100v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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