Copy of a Letter from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, to the Secret Committee
Date:
1799/1799
Description:
Abstract: A dispatch from Lord Mornington, Governor-General of Bengal, at Fort St George, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 3 September 1799, regarding: the dispatch of an embassy to the court of Baba Khan [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], King [Shah] of Persia [Iran]; the Treaty of Mysoor [Mysore or Mysuru]; an additional regiment of cavalry being raised in accordance with the Treaty of Hyderabad; and the extent to which the military establishments [military staff] of Fort St George and Bombay [Mumbai] should be increased.There is a postscript dated 5 September 1799 concerning the news received from Syria of the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte’s army at St Jean D’Acre [Akko].The letter was received via the ship Earl Howe, 30 August 1800.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)