Letter No. 78: Copy of a Commission Issued by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Rawson Hart Boddam, Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/4, f 49
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 10 Mar 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 issued 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 Rawson Hart Boddam, appointing him as Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Bombay. It sets out Rawson Hart Boddam's duties as Governor, and refers to a recent Act of Parliament concerning the better regulation and management of the affairs of the East India Company. 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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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/4, f 49
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- 10 Mar 1785 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter No. 78: Copy of a Commission Issued by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Rawson Hart Boddam, Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/4, f 49, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023598787.0x000013> [accessed 5 January 2025]
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- Letter No. 78: Copy of a Commission Issued by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Rawson Hart Boddam, Governor and Commander-in-Chief at Bombay
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- 49v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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