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Letter No. 79: Copy of a Commission Made by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Brigadier General Lawrence Nilson [‎50r] (2/2)
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Letter No. 79: Copy of a Commission Made by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Brigadier General Lawrence Nilson [‎50r] (2/2)

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Letter No. 79: Copy of a Commission Made by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Brigadier General Lawrence Nilson
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 49v-50
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Letter No. 80: Rawson Hart Boddam, Lawrence Nilson, Robert Sparks and Richard Church, Political and Secret Department, Bombay Castle, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/4, f 50 1
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Letter No. 81: Rawson Hart Boddam, Lawrence Nilson, Robert Sparks and Richard Church, Political and Secret Department at Bombay Castle, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/4, f 50 2
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Letter No. 82: Rawson Hart Boddam, Lawrence Nilson, Robert Sparks and Richard Church, Public Department at Bombay Castle, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 50-51

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 6 Apr 1785. 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 item is a copy of a commission made by the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company to Brigadier General Lawrence Nilson, appointing him as Commander of the Military Forces under the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Bombay. The original statement is attributed to Thomas Morton, Secretary to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. .

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Letter No. 79: Copy of a Commission Made by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Brigadier General Lawrence Nilson [‎50r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 49v-50, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023375718.0x000071> [accessed 20 February 2025]

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Letter No. 79: Copy of a Commission Made by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Brigadier General Lawrence Nilson
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