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.
A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdat and dated 14 November 1803. The letter concerns an attempted plot against the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] in Bagdat. Jones reports that the...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 17 December 1803. Manesty reports that he intends to leave Bussora on a diplomatic mission to the Court of Persia [Iran] in Tehran, asking Jones to fo...
Letters between Samuel Manesty and Jonathan Lovett
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This item contains copies of two letters: 1. A letter from Jonathan Henry Lovett, Resident in Bushire [Bushehr], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bushire and dated 1 December 1803. Lovett reports that he has been summoned to the Court of Persia [Iran] in Tehran to add...
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 18 September 1803. Manesty defends his conduct in chartering private ships owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East Indi...
Letter from N B Edmonstone to Robert Rickards. Letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan
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This item contains: 1. A copy of a letter from Neil Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 12 May 1801. The letter concerns the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra...
A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 28 February 1801. The letter reprimands Manesty for charging a high price to the East India Company for the conveyance of ma...
A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to George Hilaro Barlow, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 5 June 1801. The letter concerns the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], who chart...
An extract of the Governor of Bombay’s commands to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], dated 13 April 1801. The commands concern expenditure on conveying mail from Bussora to Bombay [Mumbai] on a private ship owned by Manesty.
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 14 August 1803. Manesty contests the expenditure allowed by the Governor for the conveyance of mail from Bussora to Bombay [Mumbai] on a private ship owned by...