A guide to the India office records, 1600-1858 / by William Foster.

  • Great Britain. India Office
Date:
1966
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A guide to the India office records, 1600-1858 / by William Foster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CORRESPONDENCE. A.—HOME LETTERS RECEIVED. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS RECEIVED. 1701-1858 (195 volumes, indexed to 1827). This collection is an amalgamation of two earlier series, viz., “ Correspondence Papers ” and “ Court Miscellanies.” There is a list of the latter series in four volumes (1817-59). AUDITORS’ REFERENCES. 1740-1835 (106 volumes, with a separate series of indexes in five volumes). These letters refer almost exclusively to demands upon the Home Treasury. The collection probably belonged to the department of the Auditor of Home Accounts : hence its title. FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 1834-58 (224 volumes, with a separate index in 22 volumes). The volumes are labelled “ Finance Papers.” MILITARY HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 1830-58 (656 volumes). Arranged in the order of the dates when disposed of ; these dates can be ascertained by reference to the next series. “MEMORANDA OF MILITARY REFERENCES.” 1819-58 (42 volumes). Abstracts of letters dealt with in the Military Department. They provide a key to the Military Home Correspondence. MARINE BRANCH COLLECTIONS. 1838-58 (182 volumes). These form vols. 74-255 of the Marine Miscellaneous series. See also vols. 72 and 324-8 of that series. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS OF JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. 1837-66 (13 vols.). These contain copies of letters received and sent, and also of enclosures. ‘They are indexed, with the exception of the first. See also under Revenue, Judicial, and Legislative Committee.
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