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IOR/F/4/2122/100102
- Record Id:
- 041-003476543
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611801
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098440059.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121704550.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2122/100102
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Doctor Malcolmson’s proposal to introduce vaccination into Arabia and to teach the Arabs how to cultivate Europe vegetables’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, two Political Letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 19 July and 30 September 1845. Some of the enclosures mentioned in the second letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100103.
The item relates to requests to the Court of Directors made by Dr John Porter Malcolmson, Civil Surgeon at Aden. Malcolmson asks for permission to travel to Lahedge (also rendered as Lahidge [Lahij]) and into the interior of Arabia [Arabian Peninsula] in order to introduce vaccination into the general region and also teach ‘the Arabs’ how to cultivate European vegetables. The item contains the replies to Malcolmson's requests from: the Court of Directors; the Government of Bombay; and Malcolmson’s superior, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden. The item also includes a letter to Malcolmson from Charles Chantry, Secretary of the Royal Jennerian and London Vaccine Institution, dated 25 April 1845.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 32, Vol: 1’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 80’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-001611801
041-003476543 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2122 : Board's Collections Vol 2122 nos 100051 to 100105
IOR/F/4/2122/100102 : ‘Aden. Doctor Malcolmson’s proposal to introduce vaccination into Arabia and to teach the Arabs how to cultivate… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2126]/040-001611801[0022]/041-003476543
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (11 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098440059.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1845
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 25 Apr 1845-30 Sep 1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 928, and terminates at f 938, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (f 929), noting ‘Page’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date & Number of document’, and ‘Date & Number of Consul[tation]’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)