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Mss Eur F231/25, ff 97-104
- Record Id:
- 041-003368507
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302141
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040835412.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049910351.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/25, ff 97-104
- Title:
- ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 18.1855’
- Scope & Content:
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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 Secret). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.
The subject matter of the letter from the Governor General (folio 97) is the behaviour of the French Adventurer General Maha d’Orgoni, residing at Amarapura.
The letters from the President in Council comprise the bulk of the content in the bundle (folios 98-103). The papers are primarily concerned with Anglo-Afghan negotiations at Peshawar towards a treaty of friendship
The section from Bombay consists of one folio (folio 104). It consists of brief details of military movements, and short updates from Aden and Persia.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002302141
036-002302437
040-002302542
041-003368507 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F231 : Papers of Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73) as President of the Board of Control 1855-58
Mss Eur F231/12-33 : 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73), President of the Board of Control 1855-58: original correspondence and papers
Mss Eur F231/25 : Summaries of official secret despatches from the Government of India and the Government of Bombay
Mss Eur F231/25, ff 97-104 : ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 18.1855’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302141[0002]/036-002302437[0014]/040-002302542[0006]/041-003368507
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F231
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100049910351.0x000003
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- 18 May 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)