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Letter no.308 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf [18r] (3/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 28 Sep 1851. 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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Hennell writes to Porter, informing him of the Bushire Assistant Surgeon James McAlister's grievances again him (f 15). Hennell quotes McAlister at length. The circumstances of the grievances relate to the drunken conduct at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. of one of Porter's men, and McAlister's request to Porter that the man in question be removed to prevent any chance of injuries occurring. McAlister's complaint lies in the 'most unqualified manner' in which Porter responded to his request.
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Letter no.308 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf [18r] (3/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 17-18, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023211499.0x000024> [accessed 6 April 2025]
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- Letter no.308 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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- 17r:18v
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