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Secret Letters from Bengal and India
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/20-65
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This record is about the Secret Letters from Bengal and India dating from 1778-1859.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/L/PS/5/20-65
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secret Letters from Bengal and India
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778-1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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Secret letters from the Bengal Government (1778-1834) and the Government of India (1834-1859) mainly to the Secret Committee of the EIC Court of Directors in London (1778-1858) and to the India Office (1858-1859). Partial duplicate of L/PS/5/1-19. Includes some letters from Governors General in an individual capacity. Vol 7A [L/PS/5/28] contains enclosures attached to Secret Letter from Bengal of 24 Mar 1805. L/PS/5/65 contains summaries of Secret Letters from India 1841-1846. For Secret letters prior to 1778 see the general series of Letters from Bengal in E/3.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bengal and India 1784-1859, IOR/L/PS/5/84-255. For Indexes and Registers: see IOR/Z/L/PS/4 and IOR/Z/L/PS/5
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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)
- 44 volumes, 2 boxes
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Unrestricted
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8e920cb0-fce1-4dd7-b2ea-a397f72a3832/
Series information
IOR/L/PS/5
Secret Correspondence with India
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This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/5
Secret Correspondence with India
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Secret Letters from Bengal and India