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IOR/F/4/2157/103846
- Record Id:
- 041-003476550
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611836
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098442703.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125146020.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2157/103846
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Slave Trade.’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence which form partial enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 November 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838 and further enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103840 and IOR/F/4/2157/103845.
The item relates to two enslaved African girls who were found on a vessel from Cutch [Kachchh] by the Company brig, Euphrates. Augustus Smith Le Messurier, Advocate General at Bombay, recommends that the girls be sent to the Byculla school [Christ Church School, Byculla, Mumbai?]. The item contains the subsequent correspondence between the Government of Bombay, the Bombay Education Society, and the Bombay Diocesan Committee of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Arrangements are made for the girls to remain at the ‘Indo British Institution’, with details provided on how the girls’ care will be financed.
The item also contains correspondence from the Government of India which suggests that a set of rules should be drawn up for the guidance of naval officers to prevent them from making ‘mistakes’ such as in the case of the girls mentioned above. No further details of this are provided.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 9’, ‘Collection N. 3 of N. 131’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 3’ has been crossed out with different ink.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-001611836
041-003476550 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2157 : Board's Collections Vol 2157 nos 103794 to 103850
IOR/F/4/2157/103846 : ‘Aden. Slave Trade.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2161]/040-001611836[0009]/041-003476550
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (13 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098442703.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1845
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 30 May 1845-12 Nov 1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 876, and terminates at f 888, 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 (ff 877-879), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date & No. of Document’ and ‘Date & No. of Cons[ultation]’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)