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Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors [2v] (4/4)
The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 15 Jun 1781-27 Jun 1881. 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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A copy 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 15 June 1781. Subjects covered include:
- Arrangements for the passage of various East India Company employees from Bussora towards India and related movements of ships in the Gulf
- The activities of the Basha [Sulaymān Pāshā Āl Kabīr, Governor of Baghdad], including his order of gallivat ships from Bombay [Mumbai] and reinforcement of Bussora
- News of the capture of Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, which Latouche has forwarded to Bombay
- News from Bombay regarding English ships
- Intelligence from Madras [Chennai] regarding the movement of French ships and the conflict [Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784] with Heyder Ally [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore].
A duplicate of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/12.
Attached to the letter is part of another letter from Latouche 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. dated 27 June 1781. It covers:
- Intelligence from the Coromandel coast concerning French movements and the conflict with Heyder Ally
- The movements of ships.
The remainder of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/15. The full letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/20.
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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/12
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- Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- 1r:2v
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