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1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/17
Title:
Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
Part of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 18 June 1783. Subjects covered include: Arrangements for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1783
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/25
Title:
Letter from Peter Michell to William Digges Latouche
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Peter Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from East India House and dated 28 February 1783. The letter reports that preliminary articles of peace have been signed between Gr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1783-11 Mar 1783
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/33
Title:
Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company]. The first letter, dated 26 May 1783, covers the transit of overland...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1783-18 Jun 1783
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3
Title:
Vol 3 Letters Outward (from Bushire)
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent outwards from the Residency in Bushire between 1778 and 1787. The majority of the letters are sent to East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Letters are also sent to numerous ship captains and a limited number are sent to local rulers. The letters...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1778-22 Sep 1787
Extent:
1 volume, 252 items (180 pages)

5. IOR/R/15/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/4
Title:
Vol 4 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
This volume is a letter book which is comprised of contemporaneous copies of letters received at the Residency at Bushire between 1779 and 1787. Most of the letters are from East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Many of the letters from Bombay also include enclosed letters ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1778-28 Jan 1787
Extent:
1 volume, 133 items (61 folios)