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IOR/L/PS/9/76/290
- Record Id:
- 041-003711198
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378960.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100136932325.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/290
- Title:
- Letters from Samuel Briggs and Lord Elgin
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains copies of two letters:
1. A letter from Samuel Briggs, Proconsul and Agent of the Levant Company in Alexandria, to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Alexandria and dated 19 October 1802. The letter reports: the departure of Lord Cavan from Egypt and the assumption of command of British forces by Major-General John Stuart; the arrival of French ships and the French envoy Horace Sébastiani; general calm in Alexandria; and the improbability of British occupation forces leaving Alexandria in the winter.
2. A letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 10 November 1802. Elgin reports that the French envoy Horace Sébastiani has arrived in Alexandria and is heading for Aleppo, and asks Jones to monitor Sébastiani’s movements. The letter also reports the appointment of a French commercial resident in Muscat.
- 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
041-003711198 - 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/9/76/290 : Letters from Samuel Briggs and Lord Elgin - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0290]/041-003711198
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (2 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378960.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1802
- End Date:
- 1802
- Date Range:
- 19 Oct 1802-10 Nov 1802
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)