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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Commissioner, Pegu, 19th century Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. Mss Eur F231/27, ff 37-58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/27, ff 37-58
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, March 3.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 January 1856, Numbers 1-4) and the Government of Bombay (31 January and 2 February 1856, Numbers 10-13). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1856
Extent:
1 item (22 folios)

2. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 1-8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 1-8
Title:
‘Secret Letters received June 2.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 April 1856, Numbers 15-17) and the Government of Bombay (28 April 1856, Numbers 31-33). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The despatches from th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)

3. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 19-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 19-22
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, June 30.1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Governor General of India (17 May 1856 Number 20 and 21 May 1856 Number 17). The despatches largely consist of updates on the situation at Candahar [Kandahar] and Herat. They also include an update r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1856
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

4. Mss Eur F231/28, ff 60-61

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F231/28, ff 60-61
Title:
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, August 15: 1856’
Scope & Content:
This bundle consists of a summary of a dispatch received from the Governor General of India (3 July 1856, Number 26). It is concerned with an intercepted letter suggesting that the Burmese King may attempt to claim the allegiance of the Karen people along the frontier of British India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1856
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)