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Confidential abstracts of Letters, Secret Letters, Military Letters and Marine Letters...
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/20/CA
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This record is about the Confidential abstracts of Letters, Secret Letters, Military Letters and Marine Letters... dating from 1861-1908.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/L/PS/20/CA
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Title (The name of the record)
- Confidential abstracts of Letters, Secret Letters, Military Letters and Marine Letters received from India, and Letters and Secret Letters received from Aden, Zanzibar, Bushire, Muscat, Straits Settlements and Abyssinia, with indexes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861-1908
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Description (What the record is about)
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These volumes contain confidential printed abstracts of letters received in London from the Governor General (Viceroy) of India in Council covering all departments of the Government of India, and of letters received from senior officials in certain areas outside India. The abstracts were printed in London in series and bound into annual volumes with indexes. The most regular series, produced more or less weekly, were 'Letters received from India', 'Military Letters received from India' and 'Secret Letters received from India' (until 1883); other abstracts were produced less frequently and for shorter periods.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the full copies of the abstracts see the relevant sections of IOR/L/MIL/3, IOR/L/PS/5, 6 and 9
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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)
- 43 volumes
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Unrestricted
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3cb3cf8c-bd5c-401e-9841-749258d802c8/
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IOR/L/PS/20
Political and Secret Department Library
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This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/L/PS
Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/20
Political and Secret Department Library
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Confidential abstracts of Letters, Secret Letters, Military Letters and Marine Letters received from India, and Letters and Secret Letters received from Aden, Zanzibar, Bushire, Muscat, Straits Settlements and Abyssinia, with indexes