'Proposed instructions to Harford Jones Esq' [‎587v] (11/12)

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'Proposed instructions to Harford Jones Esq'

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Ref: IOR/G/29/27, ff 584-587

The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in Jul 1799. 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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Content: A copy of a letter from 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. to Harford Jones, Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad]. The letter expresses approval of Jones's recent conduct, refers to the situation in Afghanistan, and delays the instructions that Jones should travel to the Court of Zemaun Shah [Zamān Shāh Durrānī] at Caboul [Kabul].
Extent and format: 1 item (4 folios)
Written in: English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/G/29/27, ff 584-587
Title: 'Proposed instructions to Harford Jones Esq'
Pages: 584r:586r, 586r:586v, 586v:587r, 587r:587v, 587v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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