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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)KWH/Q/580
TitleLetter from unidentified correspondent to the Earl of Essex, titled by another 'A curious letter addressed to the East India House'
Extent1 item
Date1824
DescriptionAnonymous letter asking what is to be done regarding the affairs of India and Bengal: there is a guilty magistrate and others and white men have been stealing government stores with black men being paid to help them; it is well known what is going on; the writer is a witness and wants to know what the 'debtors to the Crown' should pay
28 February 1824
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