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Letter no.205 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [14v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 21 Jun 1855. 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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The letter is a reply to Anderson’s earlier letter (folio 11), which enclosed an extract of a despatch from the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , enquiring after the fate of a number of slaves found on a bugulah [ buggalow Large trading vessel. , or boat] in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Kemball writes to state that the slaves in question were manumitted by Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron. Enclosed with the original of Kemball’s letter, but not included in the volume, was a letter from Robinson to Kemball, confirming the manumission of the slaves in question.
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Letter no.205 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [14v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/149, f 14, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023318562.0x000028> [accessed 9 February 2025]
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- Letter no.205 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 14r:14v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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