Sub-series
East India Company Letter Books
Catalogue reference: IOR/E/3/84-111
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This record is about the East India Company Letter Books dating from 1626-1753.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/E/3/84-111
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Title (The name of the record)
- East India Company Letter Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1626-1753
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Letter Books consist of copies of letters written by the East India Company to its trading posts in the East (India, China, Persia, Mocha, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Siam, West Africa, St Helena) and to its agents in Europe and the Levant, with occasional copies of Home Correspondence. The books begin in April 1626 but few letters survive before 1 April 1653, from which date they are more or less complete.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Pre-1626 letters can be found in the Miscellaneous Court Book [IOR:B/2] published in full transcript: Sir George Birdwood & William Foster, eds., 'The register of letters etc of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies
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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)
- 28 volumes
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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)
- William Foster, ed., The English Factories in India, 9 volumes for 1618-1654 (Oxford, 1906-15); Ethel Bruce Sainsbury, ed., A calendar of the Court Minutes etc of the East India Company, with introductions and notes by William Foster and William Thomas
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7f37c42e-8343-411f-a52b-43f0f4d91591/
Series information
IOR/E/3
Correspondence with the East
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/E
East India Company General Correspondence.
Within the series: IOR/E/3
Correspondence with the East
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East India Company Letter Books