Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tabriz, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Earl of Moira
IOR/L/PS/9/68/169
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 27 Feb 1817. 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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Copy of a letter, numbered 4, from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Tabriz, to the Governor-General of 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 Fort William, the Earl of Moira, of 27 February 1817. In the letter, Willock informs Moira that he has appointed an assistant, Cornet George Willock, to ensure that he is able to fulfil the increasingly laborious duties of his office, which include forwarding to Moira copies of his dispatches to the Foreign Secretary.
The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company of 15 December 1817 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/170), which was received on 18 April 1818.
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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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- 27 Feb 1817 (CE, Gregorian)
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Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tabriz, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Earl of Moira, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/9/68/169, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038378586.0x000138> [accessed 4 October 2024]
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in Tabriz, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, the Earl of Moira
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- 1r:2v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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