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211. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 271-275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 271-275
Title:
Letter no.316 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing correspondence from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, relating to British efforts to suppress the slave trade to the Gulf. the enclosures are as follows: 1. Letter no.185 of 1856 (folio 272) from Ethersey to Jones, d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1856
Extent:
5 folios

212. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 276-279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 276-279
Title:
Letter no.4787 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to the slave trade, and the surrender of two slaves at Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh] to the Persian authorities, who were originally seized illegally by the British Agent at Bandar-e Lengeh. Anderson requests that Jones explain why he surrendered the two slaves, wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1856
Extent:
4 folios

213. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 288-292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 288-292
Title:
Letter no.278 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to arrangements to despatch a captured vessel, found carrying twelve slaves and under Turkish colours, to the Turkish authorities in Basra. The enclosures are as follows: 1. Letter no.258 of 1856 (folio 289) from Jones to Lieutenant Giles, Commanding Officer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1856
Extent:
5 folios

214. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 294-295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 294-295
Title:
Letter no.321 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, forwarding correspondence (folio 295) from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, addressed to Jones and dated 25 September 1856, relating to the handing over to the Turkish authorities in Basra of a vessel carrying slaves and flying T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1856
Extent:
2 folios

215. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 296-297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 296-297
Title:
Letter no.1176 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 11 of despatch no.8 of 1857 (folio 296) from the Court of Directors, dated 14 January 1856, relating to the capture by the British authorities of a vessel under Turkish colours carrying twelve slaves. The extract notes that, thoug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1857
Extent:
2 folios

216. IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 24-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 24-27
Title:
Printed copy of letter no.19 of 1859 from G. F. Forbes, Superintendent of the Dharwar Cotton Gin Factory, to T. Oglivy, Collector of Dharwar
Scope & Content:
The letter is a half-yearly statement of the operations of the Dharwar Cotton Gin Factory for the period ending 30 November 1858, and includes: tables with the value of work done; a cotton planter’s report; and an account of the receipts and expenditure of the Cotton Experiments at the Dharwar C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1859
Extent:
4 folios

217. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 6
Title:
Letter no.122 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the late despatch to Bombay of manumitted slaves from the Gulf. Kemball writes to account for the current delay in sending a number of slaves to Bombay. Enclosed with Kemball’s letter (not included in the volume) was a letter from Lieutenant Alexander Foulerton, Senior Naval...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 folio

218. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 14
Title:
Letter no.205 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reply to Anderson’s earlier letter (folio 11), which enclosed an extract of a despatch from the Court of Directors, enquiring after the fate of a number of slaves found on a bugulah [buggalow, or boat] in the Persian Gulf. Kemball writes to state that the slaves in question were ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1855
Extent:
1 folio

219. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 172
Title:
Letter no.412 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request for instructions from the Resident as to the extent of his (and his Political Agents’) jurisdiction in relation to notarial affairs. Jones writes that Britain has two consular agents in Persia, but that he, as the Resident at Bushire, is distinct from these individuals, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1855
Extent:

1 folio

220. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 173
Title:
Letter no.5393 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reply to Jones’s query over the extent of his jurisdictive powers at Bushire (folio 172). Anderson refers Jones to a letter sent to one of his predecessors, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, which stated that granting the Resident consular jurisdiction would be inconsistent with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 folio