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IOR/L/PS/9/76/25
- Record Id:
- 041-003710933
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378648.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100128168449.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/25
- Title:
- Letter from Peter Michell to William Digges Latouche
- Scope & Content:
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A copy of a letter from Peter Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from East India House and dated 28 February 1783.
The letter reports that preliminary articles of peace have been signed between Great Britain and France, the United States of America, Spain, and the United Provinces of the Netherlands [American War of Independence, 1775-1783]. It forwards copies of peace articles relating to the East Indies (not enclosed), in particular regarding the cessation of hostilities beyond the equinoctial line set for July 1783, and asks Latouche to forward related instructions to the three Presidencies in India as soon as he receives them.
Attached to the letter are reports from Nice and Turin dated 15 January-12 February 1783. The reports concern the assembly at Nice of a large French force by Baron de Saint-Geniès, thought to be heading for India to capture Tranquebar [Tharangambadi] or establish a colony.
- 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
041-003710933 - 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/9/76/25 : Letter from Peter Michell to William Digges Latouche - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0025]/041-003710933
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378648.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 15 Jan 1783-11 Mar 1783
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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