Copy of Dispatch No. 17 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in camp at Ardebil, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
Copy of Dispatch No. 17 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in camp at Ardebil, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
Copy of Dispatch No. 17 from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in camp at Ardebil, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning
Date:
1826/1826
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Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 17 from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in camp at Ardebil [Ardabil], to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Canning, of 17 August 1826. Willock reports the gift of a diamond ring made by the Russian envoy to Persia, Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], to the British surgeon Dr John Cormick, as an expression of gratitude for his attendance on the members of the Russian diplomatic mission at Tabriz.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 20 August 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/109).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)