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961. IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 95-111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 95-111
Title:
Lieut S. Hunter's Narrative of his Overland Journey in 1792 with Dispatches and documents connected with his Expences
Scope & Content:
A narrative of the particulars of the journey and associated expenses for the conveyance of dispatches overland by way of Bussorah [Basra]. W C Jackson (Secretary) informed Lieutenant Samuel Hunter that his expenses appeared 'so enormous and improper' that the Board would leave it to the Court ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1792
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

962. IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 56-84

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/570, ff 56-84
Title:
'Mr R. Scott's Letter on the Passage over the Isthmus of Suez, and Project of a New Route to India, 1780'
Scope & Content:
Letter concerning a crossing of the Isthmus of Suez by Mr R Scott. The letter describes the route taken (Alexandria, Aleppo, Bagdad [Baghdad], Bussorah [Basra]) and the people he met (for example, George Baldwin, late of Cairo).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1780
Extent:
1 item (28 folios)