Sub-series
Military Department Special Collections
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/MIL/5/376-440
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This record is about the Military Department Special Collections dating from c 1748-1860.
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- IOR/L/MIL/5/376-440
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Title (The name of the record)
- Military Department Special Collections
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1748-1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Special Collections are a Military Department internal series similar to the Board's Collections (see IOR: F/4) and complimentary to them. They consist of copies and extracts from proceedings, home correspondence and correspondence from India, memorials, minutes and memoranda, with some original papers. Most of the collections were put together during the peiod 1815-1860 in connection with cases submitted to the Court of Directors, especially officers' petitions for the redress of grievances over pay, allowances and promotions. However, a wide variety of 'policy' subjects are also covered. Although the Collections were numbered in a sequence 1-455, there are numerous interpolations, to which 'A' numbers have been assigned.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 641 files
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Anthony Farrington, Guide to the records of the India Office Military Department IOR L/MIL and L/WS (London 1982), pp. 62-82.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2aa0b54f-3f1a-4a66-9e64-b82b101ed6fe/
Series information
IOR/L/MIL/5
Military Compilations and Miscellaneous Records
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/L/MIL
Records of the Military Department
Within the series: IOR/L/MIL/5
Military Compilations and Miscellaneous Records
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Military Department Special Collections