Letter from Herbert Edward Jacomb, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/47, ff 18-19
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 19 Feb 1865. 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 obtaining a consignment of pearl oysters from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in order to replenish existing exhausted pearl beds in Ceylon [Sir Lanka].
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- 2 folios
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- English in Latin script
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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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- Mss Eur F126/47, ff 18-19
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- 19 Feb 1865 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/47, ff 18-19
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- Letter from Herbert Edward Jacomb, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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- 18r:19v
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- Jacomb, Herbert Edward
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