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‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 18. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from the Governor General of India in Council (8 April 1857, Numbers 16-17), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (16 April 1857, Numbers 80-87). The summaries of the letters from the Governor General ackno...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 1. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from an unnamed source (undated, and dated 22 April 1857, Number 19), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (30 April 1857, Numbers 88-96; and 1 May 1857, Numbers 97-98). The summaries mostly relate to Afgha...
This bundle consists of summaries of letters from HM Minister to Persia [Iran], Charles Augustus Murray, sent from Baghdad (2 April 1857, Number 12; 7 April 1857, Number 18; 8 April 1857, Numbers 19-20; and 10 April 1857, Number 22). The summaries report on the situation in Persia, including: t...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 8: 1857.’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters, sent by way of Marseilles, from the Governor General of India in Council (2 May 1857, Numbers 20-22), and from Bombay [presumably the Government of Bombay] (11 May, Numbers 99-104). The summaries relate to Candahar [Kandahar or Qandahar], China, Sa...
‘Letters from Mr. Murray received July 10th. 1857.’
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These folios consist of summaries of letters from HM Minister to Persia, Charles Augustus Murray, sent from Baghdad (6 June, Number 46; and 8 June, Numbers 47-48). The summaries concern Herat, including the Persian Government’s reported intention to delay their departure from Herat, the conclu...
‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’
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This bundle consists of summaries of letters from the Governor General of India in Council (3 June, Numbers 26-27; 5 June, Number 28; 6 June, Number 29). The summaries concern the 1857 Indian Mutiny [Rebellion or Uprising], including summaries of reports from the Chief Commissioner of the Punj...
‘Secret Letters received July 14. 1857 via Marseilles’
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This file consists of: A summary of a letter from Sir James Outram to the Governor General of India (2 May 1857), regarding regiments being sent to India, and Outram’s intention to remove all the troops from Mohamra [Mohammerah, now Khorramshahr] and to place at Karrah and Bushire [Bushehr] all ...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 29. 1857’
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received, from the Governor General of India in Council (16 May 1857, Numbers 23-25), and from Bombay (presumably the Government of Bombay) (27 May 1857, Numbers 105-115).The summaries of letters from the Governor General relate to Chi...
‘Letters from Sir J. Outram to the Secret Committee’
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This bundle consists of letters from Sir James Outram to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, received 2 July 1857. The letters consist of: a copy of a letter from Outram to the Governor General of India, of 29 May 1857, regarding recommendations for military awards; a summary of a let...
‘Letters from Sir J. Outram received July 7. 1857.’
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This bundle consists of letters from Sir James Outram received 7 July 1857, consisting of summaries of letters sent from Mohamra [Mohammerah, now Khorramshahr] and Baghdad to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) (17 May, 23 May, and 4...