Sub-series
Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bengal
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/5/80-125
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This record is about the Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bengal dating from 1784-1835.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/L/PS/5/80-125
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Title (The name of the record)
- Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bengal
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1784-1835
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Description (What the record is about)
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Extracts of Bengal Government correspondence, proceedings minutes etc in the Secret Department sent home with their Secret Letters to the EIC Court of Directors and subsequently used by the Board of Control when drafting secret dispatches to Bengal. Secret enclosures relating to the Java Expedition of 1811 are to be found with Java Factory Records, vols G/21/12-13; likewise enclosures relating to the Persian Gulf 1806-1809 must be sought in Persia and Persian Gulf Factory Records, vols G/21/30-36. In Vols 38-44 (1830-1835) L/PS/5/119-125, the figures in black type indicate dispatches and letters sent by the Governor General in an individual capacity, those in red type indicate dispatches and letters from the President in Council, Governor General in Council, etc
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Secret Letters from Bengal 1784-1835 [IOR/L/PS/5/20-43]
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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)
- 46 volumes
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Unrestricted
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a9c24324-93b4-4ed7-8745-fd71858c15e7/
Series information
IOR/L/PS/5
Secret Correspondence with India
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Catalogue hierarchy
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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Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bengal