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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 27 Jun 1784. 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 letter gives instructions on the relief of guards at the factory An East India Company trading post. at Bushire. It includes the following enclosures: an extract (no. 33, dated 10 September 1783) from commands 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. to 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, setting out new company regulations relating to the return to England of Company officials; a proclamation (no. 34, dated 26 September 1783) by the King of a peace treaty between Great Britain and Spain, concluded 3 September 1783 and ratified 19 September 1783.

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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 33v-34

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Letter No. 32: Rawson Hart Boddam, John Torlesse, Robert Sparks, Charles Bourchier, James Morley, Alexander Callander, John Beaumont and David Carnegie, Council at Bombay Castle, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 33v-34, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023598787.0x000080> [accessed 5 January 2025]

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