Copy of a Letter from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Sir George Canning, Foreign Secretary
Date:
1808/1808
Description:
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The letter mostly discusses the reported signing of a treaty between Persia and France. Jones also forwards copies of his correspondence (not included in this item) with the Governor-General of Bengal concerning the reasons for Jones delaying his departure from Bombay [Mumbai] to Persia.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter to Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, of 2 June 1808, and was received in December 1808.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)