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IOR/L/PS/9/76/29
- Record Id:
- 041-003710937
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378655.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125769252.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/29
- Title:
- Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee, and Letters from William Hornby to Latouche
- Scope & Content:
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A copy of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 13 May 1783.
Subjects covered include:
- Arrangements for conveying news of the preliminary articles of peace between Great Britain and France and Spain [American War of Independence, 1775-1783] to India
- The movements of French travellers towards India, including the messenger M Cotinal discussed in the letter of 23 April
- The transit of mail to India, including reports of the assembly at Nice of a large French force (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/25)
- The movements of British travellers.
Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/28.
Attached to the letter are extracts of two letters from William Hornby, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Latouche, dated 25 February and 2 March 1783. Subjects covered include:
- Developments in the conflict with Mysore [Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784], including the death of Hyder [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore] and the rise of Tipoo [Tīpū Sulṭān]
- The movements of ships, in particular attacks by French ships off Ganjam and the threat this poses to English ships on the east coast of India.
- 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
041-003710937 - 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/9/76/29 : Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee, and Letters from William Hornby to Latouche - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0029]/041-003710937
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378655.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 25 Feb 1783-13 May 1783
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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