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Correspondence with India

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PJ/3

What’s it about?

This record is about the Correspondence with India dating from 1795-1950.

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Full description and record details

Reference

IOR/L/PJ/3

Title

Correspondence with India

Date

1795-1950

Description

In addition to the long regular Public, Judicial, Legislative, Educational and Ecclesiastical series, arranged in the normal pattern of Letters received, Collections to Despatches, and Despatches, there are also shorter separate sequences of Letters received from various branches of the Indian Home Department, notably Emigration, Establishment, Police and Political Letters. Most of the pre-India Office series belonged to the Board of Control.

Related material

For registers and indexes see IOR/Z/L/PJ/3. For earlier correspondence on Public and Judicial etc. subjects see under E/4; for later file copies see L/PJ/6-8

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1,579 volumes and 2 boxes

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Publication note(s)
See Foster's Guide pp.15-16, 18-19, 24-25 and 27.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d9a68cd5-6bab-49e7-9ff9-fba4ab8d96bf/

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Within the fonds: IOR/L/PJ

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Correspondence with India