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Vol. I. A.D. 1785-1804
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: Correspondence, mainlywith Harford Jones: 1785-1804.
India: Correspondence, mainly of Sir Harford Jones, with 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville: 1785-1820.
includes:
- ff. 2, 10 John Haliburton, of Edinburgh: Letters to H. Dundas: 1785, 1786.
- ff. 4-8 India: Memorial on the sequestrated revenue of Arcot: 1785.: Copy.
- f. 12 John Haliburton, of Edinburgh: Memorandum by, of his son's services in the E. India Co.: 1786.
- f. 17 Thomas Harley, Lord Mayor of London: Letter to H. Dundas: 1796.
- ff. 19-29 b Sir Harford Jones, 1st Baronet; afterwards Jones-Brydges: Memorandum to the Directors of the E. India Co., on the transmission of dispatches to India: 1796.: Signed.
- ff. 43-335 Sir Harford Jones, 1st Baronet; afterwards Jones-Brydges: Correspondence with l st Viscount Melville: 1799-1803.
- ff. 43-335 Turkey, Sultans of. Selim III: Correspondence of Harford Jones, E. India Co.'s Resident at Bagdad, with Lord Melville: 1799-1803.
- f. 65 James Willis, of the E India Co: Letter to H. Dundas: 1800.
- ff. 81, 170, 246, 273, 326 Sir Harford Jones, 1st Baronet; afterwards Jones-Brydges: Correspondence with Lord Elgin: 1800-1802.: Copies.
- ff. 81, 170. 246, 273, 326 Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin: Correspondence with Harford Jones: 1800-1802.: Copies.
- f. 87 Sir Harford Jones, 1st Baronet; afterwards Jones-Brydges: Letter to J. Willis: 1801.: Copy.
- f. 87 James Willis, of the E India Co: Letter to, from Harford Jones: 1801.: Copy.
- ff. 91, 96 b Benjamin Jones, clerk to the Board of Control: Notes by: 1801.
- f. 103 Persia: Royal firman in favour of the E. India Co.'s servants: 1801.: Engl. transl.
- ff. 137-138b James Short, MD; surgeon at Bagdad: Correspondence with Harford Jones: 1802.: Copies.
- ff. 137-138b Sir Harford Jones, 1st Baronet; afterwards Jones-Brydges: Correspondence with J. Short: 1802.: Copies.
- ff. 145, 147, 183, 187, 320 Sir Harford Jones, 1st Baronet; afterwards Jones-Brydges: Letters to the Directors of the E. India Co.: 1802.: Copies.
- f. 153 Rousseau, French Resident at Bagdad: Letter to Harford Jones: 1802.: Fr.: Copy.
- ff. 191, 208, 221, 253, 261, 267 Richard Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley: Letters to, from Harford Jones: 1802.: Copies.
- ff. 191, 208, 221, 253, 261, 267 Sir Harford Jones, 1st Baronet; afterwards Jones-Brydges: Letters to Lord Wellesley: 1802.: Copies.
- ff. 195-197 Wahhabiyyah; an Arab sect: Account of their ravage of Kerbela: 1802.: Engl. transl.
- ff. 195-197 Islam: Account of the ravage of Kerbela by the Wahhabiyyah: 1802.: Engl. transl.
- ff. 198-206 Sir Harford Jones, 1st Baronet; afterwards Jones-Brydges: Account of the origin of the Shiah Moslems: 1802.
- ff. 198-206 Islam: Account, by Harford Jones, of the origin of the Shiah sect: 1802.
- f. 281 Persia: Royal firman to the Pasha of Bagdad: 1802.: Engl. transl.
- ff. 287, 297 Sir Harford Jones, 1st Baronet; afterwards Jones-Brydges: Letters to A. Straton: 1802.: Copies.
- f.338 Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay: Letter to Lord Melville: 1803.
- f. 339 Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay: Letter to Harford Jones: 1803.: Copy.
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- Add MS 41767-41768 : CORRESPONDENCE and despatches, mainly of Harford Jones (afterwards, I826, Brydges), 1st Bart. 1807, addressed to Henry Dundas,…
Add MS 41767 : Vol. I. A.D. 1785-1804 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville: Correspondence, mainlywith Harford Jones: 1785-1804. India:… - Hierarchy:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1785
- End Date:
- 1804
- Date Range:
- 1785-1804
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- CE
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- Names:
- Bruce, Thomas, 7th Earl of Elgin, 1766-1841
Brydges, Harford, 1st Baronet, diplomat and author, 1764-1847
Duncan, Jonathan, diplomat and colonial administrator, 1756-1811
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, lawyer, politician and statesman, 1742-1811
Haliburton, John, correspondent of David Anderson, fl 1770
Harley, Thomas, politician and banker, 24 Aug 1730-1 Dec 1804
Jones, Benjamin, clerk to the Board of Control
Rousseau, French Resident at Bagdad
Short, James, surgeon at the Baghdad Residency
Turkey, Sultans of. Selim III
Wahhabiyyah, an Arab sect
Wellesley, Richard Colley, 2nd Earl of Mornington, Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, 1760-1842
Willis, James, of the E India Co - Places:
- Al Jufayr, Manama, Bahrain
Az Zallāq, Bahrain
India, Asia
Iraq, Middle East, Asia
Kuk-I-Mund, Bushire
Kūh-e Mand, Būshehr, Iran
Najd, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Persia, Asia
Ras Tannura, Saudi Arabia
Ra’s Tannūrah, Saudi Arabia
Zellaq, Bahrain