Copy of a letter (no.3) from Captain John Campbell, Assistant in Charge of affairs in Persia, to the Secret Committee
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With enclosure no.6 to Secretary George Swinton, with enclosure: Copy of a letter (in French) of condolence from Pince Nicolai Dolgorouki, Russian Ambassador in Persia
Copy of a letter from Captain John Campbell to the Secret Committee with enclosure to Secretary George Swinton, with 2 enclosures
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1. Copy of a note (in French) from Prince Dolgorouki, Russian Ambassador in Persia. 2. Copy of a note (in French) from a N. Besack, Russian Assessor of college.
Enclosure in Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee of 13 May 1783
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A copy of a letter from a French Minister to French representatives in India carried by the messenger M Cotinal, copied by William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], on 26 May 1783. The letter claims that the King of England [King George III] intends to take over the territories cont...
Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
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A copy of a report in French from Caboul [Kabul] received by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], from merchants of Constantinople [Istanbul] in Bagdad trading with Caboul and Candahar [Kandahar] on 20 October 1798. The report states that Zeman Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī, Ruler of Afghani...
Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
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A copy of the proclamation written by General Napoleon Bonaparte after capturing Alexandria, dated 13 Messidor of Year VI of the French Revolution/Muharram 1213 (1 July 1798). The proclamation declares the end of the rule of the Mamelukes in Egypt and criticises the Mameluke rulers. It denies t...
Letter from Jean-Baptiste Aubert du Bayet to Jean-François Rousseau
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A copy of a French letter from Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet, Ambassador of the French Republic to the Sublime Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire], to Citizen Jean-François Rousseau, Consul of the French Republic in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 10 ...
Extracts of Letters received by Jean-François Rousseau
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Extracts of letters found in the papers of Jean-François Rousseau, French Consul in Bagdad [Baghdad], following his arrest in October 1798, and copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad: An extract of a letter from Marie Louis Henri d’Escorches de Sainte-Croix, Envoy of the French Republic to ...
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bagdad and dated 25 March 1799. The letter concerns an embassy rumoured to be travelling across Persia [Iran] to the Court of Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh o...