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IOR/J/1
- Record Id:
- 036-000179026
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000179025
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x0001a3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/J/1
- Title:
- East India Company: writers' petitions, and Haileybury petitions, certificates, and papers concerning students
- Scope & Content:
- Writers' Petitions (1749-1805) and Committee of College References and Papers (1806-56) contain candidates' autograph petitions, with certificates of age, testimonials and occasional work specimens. The Committee papers contain in addition printed 'forms of interrogation' completed by the candidate and the nominating Director. There is a 'stray' volume of Home Establishment Petitions (1804-34) with petitions for clerkships at East India House. The series also includes Nomination Certificates (1823-37), a Register of Students' Admissions (1812-56), Students' Examination Results (1806-57), and Students' Leaving Certificates (1815-57).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000179025
036-000179026 - Is part of:
- IOR/J : Records of the East India College, Haileybury
IOR/J/1 : East India Company: writers' petitions, and Haileybury petitions, certificates, and papers concerning students - Contains:
- IOR/J/1/1-19 : Writer's Petitions
IOR/J/1/20 : Home Establishment Petitions
IOR/J/1/21-90 : Committee of College References and Papers
IOR/J/1/91-94 : Nomination Certificates and Testimonials
IOR/J/1/95 : Register of Students' Admissions
IOR/J/1/96-101 : Students' Examination Results
IOR/J/1/102-107 : Students' Leaving Certificates
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/J/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000179025[0001]/036-000179026
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/J
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 107 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1749
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1749-1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- After 1714, civil servants were appointed to overseas posts by an elaborate system of patronage exercised by members of the Court of Directors. Each Director had an annual patronage quota related to his seniority position in the Court and to the number of vacancies notified by the various administrations overseas. Candidates, who were first nominated by a Director upon recommendation of some mutual acquaintance or from personal knowledge, submitted autograph petitions for employment to the Court. Upon appointment, they entered into a bond with two sureties for the faithful performance of their duties. The privilege of nominating was extended to members of the Board of Control in 1784.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- Before 1749, there are occasional applications and letters of recommendation in IOR/E/1 Miscellaneous Letters Received, and the names of appointees appear in IOR/B Court Minutes. IOR/Z/J/1-2 contain an index of applicants compiled at the end of the nineteenth century.