Petition, Bombay, India

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Doc.3900
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1879 (Circa, undated)
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item(s) vellum vellum

Scope and Content

Petition from the City and Presidency of Bombay to the House of Commons in Westminster, requesting a reduction of the stipulated time within which the P&O Steamship Company contracts to carry mail by sea through the Suez Canal from Bombay to Brindisi and vice versa. P&O's contract expires in February 1880, and is shortly due for renewal. 7 pages, with c657 signatures of members of the Bombay merchant community. Sewn with red tape, and sealed.

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Acquisition Information

Presented by E.A.B. Barnard, F.S.A., December 1948

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