1. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 12
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/128, f 12
- Title:
- Letter no.264 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
- Scope & Content:
- Letter reporting the appearance of cholera in Bushire, and stating that the outbreak has assumed the 'epidemic form of Asiatic cholera.' Hennell estimates that at the outbreak's peak, twenty-five people per day were dying, including members of Bushire's Armenian community.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 14 Aug 1851
- Extent:
- 1 folio
