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Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/363-509

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This record is about the Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay dating from 1802-1869.

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Reference
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509
Title
Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
Date
1802-1869
Description

Extracts of the Bombay Government's correspondence, proceedings, minutes etc in the Secret Department, sent home with their Secret Letters to the EIC Court of Directors (1802-1858) and to the India Office (1858-1869) and subsequently used by the Home Authorities when drafting secret dispatches to Bombay. Vols 139-147, 1859-1869 [L/PS/5/499-509] contain indexes.

Related material

Secret Letters from Bombay, 1798-1873 [IOR/L/PS/5/321-358]

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
147 volumes
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Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/02eb4e9a-78b5-4d9a-a23f-036041781116/

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IOR/L/PS/5

Secret Correspondence with India

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Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay