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IOR/L/PS/5/1-19

Record Id:: 037-000538833
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 036-000538832
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000028.0x00022a
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/PS/5/1-19
Title:: Secret Letters received from Bengal and India
Scope & Content:: Secret letters from the Bengal Government (1817-1834) and the Government of India (1834-1865) mainly to the Secret Committee of the EIC Court of Directors in London (1817-1858) and to the India Office, London (1858-1865). Includes some letters sent by Governors General in an individual capacity. Vol 6 (1830-1832) deals specifically with China, Vol 7 (1832) with the Portuguese at Macao, and China in general. Vol 18 (1859-1860) includes abstracts of enclosures; Vol 19 (1861-1865) contains Secret Letters from India and Madras as well as abstracts of enclosures
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000538833
Is part of:: IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India

IOR/L/PS/5/1-19 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India
Contains:: IOR/L/PS/5/1 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 1
IOR/L/PS/5/2 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 2
IOR/L/PS/5/3 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 3
IOR/L/PS/5/4 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 4
IOR/L/PS/5/5 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 5
IOR/L/PS/5/6 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 6
IOR/L/PS/5/7 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 7
IOR/L/PS/5/8A : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 8A
IOR/L/PS/5/8B : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 8B
IOR/L/PS/5/9 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 9
IOR/L/PS/5/10 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 10
IOR/L/PS/5/11 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 11
IOR/L/PS/5/12 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 12
IOR/L/PS/5/13 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 13
IOR/L/PS/5/14 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 14
IOR/L/PS/5/15 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 15
IOR/L/PS/5/16 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 16
IOR/L/PS/5/17 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 17
IOR/L/PS/5/18 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 18
IOR/L/PS/5/19 : Secret Letters received from Bengal and India, Vol 19

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Hierarchy:: 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0001]/037-000538833
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Record Type (Level):: SubSeries
Extent:: 20 volumes
Digitised Content:
Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1817
End Date:: 1865
Date Range:: 1817-1865
Era:: CE
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Related Material:: Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bengal and India 1817-1865, IOR/L/PS/5/98-257. For Indexes and Registers: see IOR/Z/L/PS/4 and IOR/Z/L/PS/5.