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IOR/L/PS/9/76/336
- Record Id:
- 041-003711244
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109379019.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100140948337.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/336
- Title:
- Letter from N B Edmonstone to Robert Rickards. Letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan
- Scope & Content:
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This item contains:
1. A copy of a letter from Neil Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 12 May 1801. The letter concerns the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], who chartered a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East India Company’s expense.
2. An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 22 January 1801, reporting the chartering of the ship.
3. A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 3 July 1803. Manesty defends his conduct in chartering the ship.
- 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
041-003711244 - 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/9/76/336 : Letter from N B Edmonstone to Robert Rickards. Letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0336]/041-003711244
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109379019.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 22 Jan 1801-3 Jul 1803
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)