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41. IOR/L/PS/9/76/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/205
Title:
Letters from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan and Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, and Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 8 December 1801. The letters forward correspondence received from the Secret Committee of the Court of Direc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1801
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

42. IOR/L/PS/9/76/326

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/326
Title:
Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
An extract from a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 31 October 1803. The letter reports that a messenger employed by Manesty has been plundered en route to Aleppo by members of the Shummer [Shammar] tribe, who sent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

43. IOR/L/PS/9/76/331

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/331
Title:
Extract of Letter from Samuel Manesty to Lord Wellesley
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Oct 1803
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

44. IOR/L/PS/9/76/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/50
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bussora and dated 7 November 1798. The letter concerns arrangements for communication between Bussora and Aden and the Red Sea. Manesty describes his conversations with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1798
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

45. IOR/L/PS/9/76/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/104
Title:
Letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 21 December 1799. Elgin notifies Jones that he is dispensing with the use of cyphers in his communications with India. A dupli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1799
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

46. IOR/L/PS/9/76/193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/193
Title:
Letter from Sulayman Pasha to David Scott
Scope & Content:
A letter in Farsi from the Pasha of Bagdad [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to David Scott, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The letter expresses friendship, acknowledges receipt of a letter, and forwards various correspondence.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
c 1801
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

47. 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)

48. 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)

49. IOR/L/PS/9/76/264

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/264
Title:
Remarks by Harford Jones on a Letter from Peter Tooke
Scope & Content:
Remarks by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], on a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], dated 22 September 1802. Jones discusses arrangements for the transit of mail between Constantinople and Bagdad, defending the payment of gratuitie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1781-1805
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

50. IOR/L/PS/9/76/327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/327
Title:
Letters from William Ramsay and Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty
Scope & Content:
This item contains: 1. A copy of a letter from William Ramsay, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from East India House and dated 7 November 1800. 2. An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1800-10 Jan 1801
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)