Letters 18-19 Robert Wood, House of Commons to Robert James that Lady Egremont desired to know the name of the Nabob who last wrote to the King so that it could be engraved onto the gold box the letter arrived in, which the King had presented to the late Lord Egremont
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Letter 19 is Robert Woods letter to Robert James; letter 18 is Robert James reply that the letter had been from the Nabob of Arcot and giving his full name and titles.
Letter 74 John Holland, late of the Fort St George Establishment, at St James's Street, London to the Court of Directors to be considered in the new arrangements to be made in India
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To be taken into consideration the 2nd September 1784.
Letter 29 Copy of sundry Paragraph of a Letter under the date of 24th January 1764 from The Honble the President and Council to the Agent and Council at Bussorah [Basra] containing the Council's orders and directions to the Agent
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The paragraphs discuss matters in relation to the trade in Woollens at Bussorah [Basra] including outstanding accounts to be paid and the conduct of Messrs Shaw and Garden there. Received via the Drake 11 April 1764.
Letters 82-83 William Kinloch, Consul at Aleppo to Robert James reporting that the vessel engaged to take the Company's packet to Bassora [Basra] had been attacked en route by Arabs and plundered and he had little hope of the packet's recovery
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Enclosed with the letter is a duplicate copy of Consul Kinloch's letter to Robert James of 28 March 1765.
Letter 20 Lord Sydney, Whitehall to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company that he sees no reason to disapprove of draft of a Letter to Bengal
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The letter was originally dated 14 July 1784 and the author has corrected it to 14 June 1784.
Letter 25 Extract of a Letter from Monsieur de St Saphorin in Vienna to the Earl Stanhope relating to the Emperor's patents employing English vessels to sail from Ostend to the East Indies.
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Dated 18 Jan 1718/19 Referred to the Committee of Correspondence.
Letters 4-6 Earl of Halifax at St James's to the Court of Directors enclosing a copy of a memorial from the Sardinian minister on behalf of an Apostolick vicar in Bombay
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Committee of Correspondence to prepare an answer. Enclosures: Copies of the memorandum in French and English.