Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
IOR/L/PS/9/76/16
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 12 Oct 1781. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The third part of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 12 October 1781. Subjects covered include:
- Commercial issues in Bussora
- Sightings of French ships near Cape Jasques [Jask] and in the Gulph [Gulf]
- The detention of a Dutch messenger in Bunderick [Bandar-e Rig]
- Reports received from Muscat, including the movements of English ships and travellers and the release of a French ship captured by the Imaum [Imam]
- The transit to London via Bussora of mail received from India
- The landing in Fort Victoria [Suvarnadurg] of a Muscat ship captured by French ‘privateers’
- The progress of the construction of gallivat ships ordered by the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad].
The first part of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/19 and the second part as IOR/L/PS/9/76/18.
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- 1 item (2 folios)
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/16
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- 12 Oct 1781 (CE, Gregorian)
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- BunderickMuscat
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- Resident, Bussora
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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/16
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- Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- 1r:2v
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