Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 75-76
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in ? 15 Feb 1808. 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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The letter concerns an envoy to the Court of Persia for which the Resident confirms he will follow all related instructions.
The dates of the surrounding correspondence suggests that the date of this letter is very likely to be the 15 February 1808.
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- 1 folio
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- 436 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/10
- Physical characteristics
Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage; the date and the body of the letter on f. 75v have been almost entirely obscured, which makes the text difficult to read.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Letter
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 75-76
- Date(s)
- ? 15 Feb 1808 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 75-76
- Title
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
- Pages
- 76r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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