Letter No. 79: Copy of a Commission Made by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Brigadier General Lawrence Nilson
IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 49v-50
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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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- 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, ff 49v-50
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- 6 Apr 1785 (CE, Gregorian)
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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