Letter no.273 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Date:
1851/1851
Description:
Abstract: Covering letter accompanying an extract of correspondence (not included) from Lt Leeds to Commodore Porter, on the reasons for the failure to intercept vessels returning from East Africa to the Arab coast with slaves this season, and of the two slave boys landed by the Honourable Company's schooner
Constance. Hennell recommends the importance of having an interpreter onboard vessels involved in the suppression of the slave trade between Africa and the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 folio