Letter from Samuel Briggs to Peter Tooke. Letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
Date:
1803/1803
Description:
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to William Drummond, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from the brig
Belleon the Bussora River [Shatt al-Arab] and dated 18 July 1803.Manesty congratulates Drummond on his appointment as Ambassador, asks for Drummond’s opinion on relations between Britain and France, and reports the transit of mail and an ongoing dispute between Manesty and the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)