The Brass Guns Sent to Bombay from Afghanistan and Intended as a Present to the King of Prussia
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- The Brass Guns Sent to Bombay from Afghanistan and Intended as a Present to the King of Prussia
- Date:
- 1843/1843
- Description:
- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 31 of 1843, dated 1 May 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 26 February to 5 April 1843.The enclosures relate to brass guns captured in Afghanistan, and sent to Bombay, which were intended as a present for the King of Prussia. They include discussion of: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby, requesting that the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver, give his opinion on the best way of giving effect to the wishes of the Governor-General of India that the guns be transported to London to the address of the Minister to the King of Prussia; Oliver submitting a tender from Messrs Dirom, Carter & Co, agents for the ship Dartmouth, for the conveyance to England of the brass guns via the ship for the sum of twenty five Rupees, with Oliver recommending acceptance ‘as the terms are moderate’; and the Governor-General approving the acceptance of the tender.The main correspondents are the following: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, James Thomason; and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Guns
Gifts
King of Prussia - Geographic region:
- Afghanistan
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100129648892.0x000005_ar
81055/vdc_100129648892.0x000005_en
IOR/L/PS/5/418, ff 208-219
IOR/L/PS/5/418, ff 208-219