AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR HERBERT TODD, C.I.E. 1893-1977
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Memoirs of Sir Herbert Todd (1893-1985) of the Indian Political Service, later of the Iraq Petroleum Company. Written during the years 1976-78, the memoirs begin by recounting Todd's childhood on his family's farm in Kent, his education and entrance into the Home Civil Service in 1912, and his e...
Memoirs of Meredith Worth (1905-93), beginning with a brief account of his education and his time in the Indian Civil Service in Bengal (1927-33), before going on to focus mainly on his career in the Indian Political Service (1933-47). The memoirs are typewritten with corrections and annotations...
Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India and the Government of Bombay
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The file consists of summaries of official secret despatches from India and Persia relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, Turkey, Sind, Tibet, Burma, Afghanistan, Bahawalpur, Kashmir, Pegu, Punjab, and Kabul, and to the Slave Trade. The date range gives the creation date of the summaries, but...
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, March 2 1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 January 1855, Numbers 4-6) and the Government of Bombay (31 January, Numbers 11-13). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter of th...
‘Secret Letters received March 20: 1855 by way of Marseilles’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 February, Numbers 7-13) and the Government of Bombay (16 February, Numbers 14-17 and 19-20). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter...
‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, March 31.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from the Governor General of India (8 February 1855, Number 14), the President in Council (22 February 1855, Numbers 15-17) and the Government of Bombay (28 February 1855, Numbers 18-19). The amount of detail ...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, April 16.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (8 March 1855, Numbers 18-19) and the Government of Bombay (19 March 1855, Numbers 20-25). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The letters from the Preside...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles April 30.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (22 March 1855, Numbers 20-21) and the Government of Bombay (2 April 1855, Numbers 26-28). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The subject matter of the le...
‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 18.1855’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (31 March 1855, Number 1), the President in Council (7 April 1855, Numbers 22-24), and the Government of Bombay (16 April 1855, Number 16 Military and Numbers 29-30 Secr...
‘Secret Letters received May 31.1855, by way of Marseilles’
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This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the President in Council (21 April 1855, Numbers 25-27) and the Government of Bombay (30 April 1855, Numbers 31-34). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies. The letters from the Presid...
