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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)AC18/3/1-19
TitleOfficial papers relating to Indian affairs
Extentapprox. 20 items
Date1917-1919
DescriptionPrinted, typescript and manuscript correspondence, memoranda, minutes and miscellanea; may contain envelopes; mainly arranged chronologically; may contain copy correspondence and drafts; of Frederic John Napier Thesiger Chelmsford [1st Viscount of Chelmsford; Viceroy of India, 1916-1921] and Austen Chamberlain [acting as Secretary of State for India, 1915-1917, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1919-1921], relating to Indian affairs, 1917-1919
Includes: /2 Printed copy of speech delivered by Chelmsford at the opening of the Simla session of the Imperial Council, 1917; /6-/7 Printed memoranda relating to constitutional reforms in India and Imperial War Conference, 1917-1918; /12 Printed copy of speech delivered by Chelmsford at the opening of the Delhi conference, 1918; /14 Printed copy of speech delivered by Chelmsford at the opening of the Imperial Legislative Council at Simla, 1918; /19 Printed minutes by heads of local Indian governments, relating to Reforms, 1919
Access StatusOpen
Physical Description/1a is in addition to /1; /1 has stamp cut from envelope

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