Letter no.259 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire Residency
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 8-9
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 11 Aug 1851. 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 in which Hennell writes about an enquiry surrounding the events of an altercation between his and McAlister's servants, over access to a water well in the town. Hennell writes of his 'entire disapprobation' with McAlister in the wake of an altercation, and complains of McAlister not consulting him before punishing his own servants.
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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/15/1/128, ff 8-9
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- 11 Aug 1851 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter no.259 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire Residency, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 8-9, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023673698.0x000029> [accessed 2 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 8-9
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- Letter no.259 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire Residency
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- 8r:9v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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