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‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 18.1855’ [98v] (4/16)
The record is made up of 1 item (8 folios). It was created in 18 May 1855. 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 bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (31 March 1855, Number 1), the President in Council (7 April 1855, Numbers 22-24), and the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. (16 April 1855, Number 16 Military and Numbers 29-30 Secret). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The subject matter of the letter from the Governor General (folio 97) is the behaviour of the French Adventurer General Maha d’Orgoni, residing at Amarapura.
The letters from the President in Council comprise the bulk of the content in the bundle (folios 98-103). The papers are primarily concerned with Anglo-Afghan negotiations at Peshawar towards a treaty of friendship
The section from Bombay consists of one folio (folio 104). It consists of brief details of military movements, and short updates from Aden and Persia.
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- Mss Eur F231/25, ff 97-104
- Title
- ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 18.1855’
- Pages
- 97r:104v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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