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1. IOR/L/PS/9/76/352

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/352
Title:
Letter from John Cumming to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain John Cumming, Commander of the brig Trimmer, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bussora and dated 29 December 1804. The letter reports attacks on the Trimmer and other ships in the Persian Gulf by ‘pirates’, which Cumming attributes to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/9/76/375

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/375
Title:
Letter from Robert Babcock to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Captain Robert Babcock, Commander of the ship Shannon, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussorah [Basra], sent from Basra and dated 29 December 1804. Babcock describes the capture of the Shannon by the Gausemee Arabs [al-Qawāsim] and his subsequent journey to Bushire [Bush...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/9/76/335

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/335
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1803
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/9/76/340

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/340
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/76/344

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/344
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 20 September 1801. Manesty defends his conduct in chartering private ships owned by himself to carry dispatches to India at the East India Company’s expense.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/373
Title:
Letters from Samuel Manesty to Ships’ Captains
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to: Captain Edward Stephenson, Commander of the Queen; Lieutenant Robert Budden, Commander of the Antelope; and Lieutenant Charles Gilmour, Commander of the Mornington; sent from Bussora and dated 2 January 1805. The letters co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1805
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/9/76/364

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/364
Title:
Letters from William Bruce to Jonathan Duncan
Scope & Content:
This item contains copies of three letters: 1. Part of a letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire [Bushehr] to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bushire and dated 14 October 1804. Bruce reports attacks on British ships in the Persian Gulph [Gulf] by the French privatee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1804-21 Oct 1804
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/9/76/337

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/337
Title:
Letter from Robert Rickards to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/9/76/345

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/345
Title:
Letter from Marquess Wellesley to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], received 16 September 1802. The letter concerns Manesty’s conduct in chartering a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to India at the East India Company’s expense.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1802
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/370
Title:
Letter from J A Grant to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
Two copies of a letter from J A Grant, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussorah [Basra], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 10 November 1804. Grant reports that the French privateer La Fortune has been captured west of Bombay by the British ship Con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Nov 1804
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)