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IOR/L/PS/9/76/24
- Record Id:
- 041-003710932
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378646.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128168405.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/24
- Title:
- Letters between William Digges Latouche and the Court of Directors
- Scope & Content:
-
A copy of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussorah [Basra], to Laurence Sulivan, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussorah and dated 25 September 1781.
The letter mainly concerns the transit of mail from London to Bussorah and onwards to India. Latouche also complains about messengers carrying dispatches from London commandeering vessels in Bussora. Other subjects discussed in the letter are the threat of French ‘privateers’ in the Gulph [Gulf], the sale of woollens in Bussora, and reports from India including the capture of the Dutch factory at Surat.
Another copy of the same letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/23.
Attached to the letter is a letter from P Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors, to Latouche, sent from East India House and dated 27 December 1782. The letter states that Latouche’s letters up to 8 October have been received by the Court of Directors, asks that an accompanying packet (not enclosed) be forwarded as soon as possible to Bombay [Mumbai], and conveys the censure of the Court of Directors for transmitting information about the situation in India to individuals rather than the Company.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544463
037-000544535
040-003710908
041-003710932 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/9 : Correspondence relating to areas outside India
IOR/L/PS/9/67-78 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from Persia, Iraq, Syria, etc.
IOR/L/PS/9/76 : Letters from Iraq 1781-1805
IOR/L/PS/9/76/24 : Letters between William Digges Latouche and the Court of Directors - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0024]/041-003710932
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (10 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378646.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 25 Sept 1781-27 Dec 1782
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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