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Secret Letters received from Bengal and India
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/1-19
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This record is about the Secret Letters received from Bengal and India dating from 1817-1865.
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- IOR/L/PS/5/1-19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secret Letters received from Bengal and India
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1817-1865
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Description (What the record is about)
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Secret letters from the Bengal Government (1817-1834) and the Government of India (1834-1865) mainly to the Secret Committee of the EIC Court of Directors in London (1817-1858) and to the India Office, London (1858-1865). Includes some letters sent by Governors General in an individual capacity. Vol 6 (1830-1832) deals specifically with China, Vol 7 (1832) with the Portuguese at Macao, and China in general. Vol 18 (1859-1860) includes abstracts of enclosures; Vol 19 (1861-1865) contains Secret Letters from India and Madras as well as abstracts of enclosures
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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 1817-1865, IOR/L/PS/5/98-257. 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)
- 20 volumes
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Unrestricted
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8fa779f6-ce9d-45e3-a0ae-d9012bdeb632/
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
Within the fonds: IOR/L/PS
Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/5
Secret Correspondence with India
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Secret Letters received from Bengal and India