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Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly [20v] (4/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 25 May 1863. 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 Dr Colvill having departed Shiraz to take over responsibility for 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. during Pelly's absence but as Edwards has not received official notification either from the Government or from Pelly that Colvill has been appointed he cannot allow him to take control on arrival.
Other matters discussed in the letter include an outbreak of epidemic fever in Bushire; Pelly's horses and the Berenice still being in Bombay.
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- Mss Eur F126/44, ff 19-20
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- Letter from James Charles Edwards, Bushire to Lewis Pelly
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- 19r:20v
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