Copy of a Letter from Robert Adair, British Ambassador in Turkey, to George Canning, Foreign Secretary
Date:
1809/1809
Description:
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Robert Adair, British Ambassador to Turkey [Ottoman Empire], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 18 July 1809. Adair reports that James Justinian Morier had arrived at Pera [Beyoğlu] with dispatches from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to the British Government. Adair also states that he was forwarding a copy of a peace treaty signed between Jones and the Shah of Persia on 12 March 1809, which Morier had brought, together with an abstract of dispatches from Jones, and he writes that he had assured Jones that he considered the treaty to be ‘a measure highly beneficial’. (These encloses are not included in this item.)The letter was received by Mr Baker on 19 October 1809.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)