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IOR/L/PS/5/537-561
- Record Id:
- 037-000539384
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000028.0x000238
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/537-561
- Title:
- Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Dispatches to Bengal/India, Madras and Bombay
- Scope & Content:
- These contain the Company's set of Board's secret drafts (from 1784) kept at East India House, with the signed approval of the Board on each draft. Some of the dispatches predate the establishment of the Board. Vol B, 1756-1771 [L/PS/5/538] relates to Bengal only. Vol 1, 1781-1795 [L/PS/5/539] includes two dispatches of 1781 sent by order of the Secretary of State.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539384 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/537-561 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Dispatches to Bengal/India, Madras and Bombay - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/5/537 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol A
IOR/L/PS/5/538 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol B
IOR/L/PS/5/539 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 1
IOR/L/PS/5/540 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 2
IOR/L/PS/5/541 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 3
IOR/L/PS/5/542 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 4
IOR/L/PS/5/543 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 5
IOR/L/PS/5/544 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 6
IOR/L/PS/5/545 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 7
IOR/L/PS/5/546 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 8
IOR/L/PS/5/547 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 9
IOR/L/PS/5/548 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 10
IOR/L/PS/5/549 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 11
IOR/L/PS/5/550 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 12
IOR/L/PS/5/551 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 13
IOR/L/PS/5/552 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 14
IOR/L/PS/5/553 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 15
IOR/L/PS/5/554 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 16
IOR/L/PS/5/555 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 17
IOR/L/PS/5/556 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 18
IOR/L/PS/5/557 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 19
IOR/L/PS/5/558 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 20
IOR/L/PS/5/559 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 21
IOR/L/PS/5/560 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 22
IOR/L/PS/5/561 : Board's Drafts of Secret Letters and Despatches to India, Vol 23
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/5/537-561 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0015]/037-000539384
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSeries
- Extent:
- 25 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1756
- End Date:
- 1858
- Date Range:
- 1756-1858
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Administrative Context:
- Unlike other EIC dispatches which were drafted at East India House, from 1784 the majority of Secret dispatches were drafted by the Board of Control (hence the term Board's Drafts) then forwarded to the EIC Secret Committee for transmission to India.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- Secret Letters and Enclosures from Bengal/India, Madras and Bombay, 1778-1874 [IOR/L/PS/5/1-536]