Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to Thomas Henry Sheridan
IOR/L/PS/9/68/46
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 20 Jun 1810. 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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Copy of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to Persia [Iran], Sir Harford Jones, in reply to his assistant Thomas Henry Sheridan, dated 20 June 1810. The letter is to privately acknowledge the receipt of Sheridan's letter and to reserve providing a full response until Jones and Sheridan meet in person.
The letter was enclosed in Jones's letter of 24 June 1810 to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the East India Company, which was received on 21 November 1810.
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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/9/68/46
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- 20 Jun 1810 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/9/68/46
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- Copy of a Letter from HM Envoy to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, to Thomas Henry Sheridan
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- 1r:2v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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