Fragment of a Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
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A fragment of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Baghdad, to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, dated 31 October 1798. The contents of the letter are not present.
Letters from Harford Jones to Peter Tooke and Jonathan Duncan
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Copies of three letters sent by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad]: 1. A letter from Harford Jones to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Bagdad and dated 12 November 1800. The letter concerns ‘Tartars’ [couriers] employed by the East In...
Letters from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley and Jonathan Duncan
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This item contains copies of three letters: 1. Two letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 26 March 1800. Jones forwards various correspondence and reports that he has transmitted to India news of pe...
Letters from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan and Lord Wellesley
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Copies of letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, and Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 8 December 1801. The letters forward correspondence received from the Secret Committee of the Court of Direc...
Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan
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An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora, to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, dated 9 May 1803. The letter concerns a dispute between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] arising from the detention in Bussora of an Egyptian woman living wi...
Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
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An extract from a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 31 October 1803. The letter reports that a messenger employed by Manesty has been plundered en route to Aleppo by members of the Shummer [Shammar] tribe, who sent ...
Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
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An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 31 October 1803. The letter concerns the transit of mail between Bussora and India.
Copy of a letter (no.32) from Colonel John Macdonald to the Secret Committee with enclosure no.50 to Secretary George Swinton with 2 enclosures
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1. translation of a note from the Prince of Persia to the British Envoy Colonel John Macdonald, with original letter in Persian attached. 2. Copy of a note from Colonel John Macdonald to Prince Abbas Meerza [Mirza]
Copy of a letter from Captain John Campbell to the Secret Committee with enclosures nos.15 and 16 to Secretary George Swinton, with enclosures
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1. Copy of a letter from Alexander Hisbet, Deputy Commissary of Ordnance Stores. 2. translation of a letter from the Kaim Mukam [Qā'im'maqām] to Captain John Campbell.
Copy of a letter from Sir Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee on the subject of his appointment as successor to Colonel John Macdonald as Envoy to Persia, with 3 enclosures
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1. Copy of a private letter from Edward Charles Disbrowe at Stutgard to Henry Willock. 2. Copy of a letter from Henry Willock to Secretary George Swinton. 3. copies of letters from Prince Abbas Meerza [Mirza] and Kaim Mukam [Qā'im'maqām] to Henry Willock.