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Mss Eur F231/31, ff 36-47
- Record Id:
- 041-003377451
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302141
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044982483.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049910416.0x000006
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/31, ff 36-47
- Title:
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‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, April 14. 1857.’
- Scope & Content:
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This bundle consists of summaries of official secret letters received from the Governor General of India in Council (7 March 1857, Numbers 12-13; 18 March 1857, Numbers 63-67; and 19 March 1857, Numbers 68-72). The amount of detail for each entry varies.
The summaries mostly concern: troops, arms and ammunition being shipped to Hong Kong from Singapore and Madras; and the Persian Expedition, including the construction of a portable telegraph, and news from Herat.
- 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
040-002302548
041-003377451 - 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 F231/31 : Summaries of official secret dispatches from the Governor General of India, Sir James Outram, Charles Augustus Murray, the…
Mss Eur F231/31, ff 36-47 : ‘Secret Letters received by way of Marseilles, April 14. 1857.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302141[0002]/036-002302437[0020]/040-002302548[0006]/041-003377451
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F231
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 item (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100049910416.0x000006
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 14 Apr 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947
- Subjects:
- Telegraph lines
- Places:
- Herat, Afghanistan
Hong Kong, Asia
Singapore, Asia
