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Letter from Major Rawlinson at Candahar to George William Anderson, Acting Governor...

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 344-352

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This record is about the Letter from Major Rawlinson at Candahar to George William Anderson, Acting Governor... dating from 25 May 1841-2 Aug 1841.

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IOR/L/PS/5/395, ff 344-352
Title
Letter from Major Rawlinson at Candahar to George William Anderson, Acting Governor of Bombay.
Date
25 May 1841-2 Aug 1841
Description

A copy of a letter from Major J[?] C [most likely Henry Creswicke] Rawlinson at Candahar [Kandahar] to George William Anderson, acting Governor of Bombay, dated 25 May 1841, enclosed in a letter from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby, to the Chairman, received via Marseilles on 2 August 1841. The letter discusses the state of affairs in Afghanistan, and relations between Herat and Persia [Iran]. The item includes a note on folio 352 stating that the enclosures to Bombay Secret Letter No. 55, dated 12 July 1841, are not included in the Collection (volume).

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 item (7 folios)
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Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/55dc9f5b-d411-46fd-9885-fbdea777290d/

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IOR/L/PS/5

Secret Correspondence with India

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Within the file: IOR/L/PS/5/395

'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 33.

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Letter from Major Rawlinson at Candahar to George William Anderson, Acting Governor of Bombay.