Copy of a Letter from the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Nesselrode, in St Petersbourg, to Major William Monteith
Date:
1826/1826
Description:
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count [Karl Robert] Nesselrode, in St Petersbourg [St Petersburg], to Major William Monteith, of December 1826. The letter transmits a diamond snuffbox from the Emperor of Russia [Tsar Alexander II] as a gift of thanks to Monteith for his assistance to Prince Menchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov] during the latter’s imprisonment in Persia [Iran].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 in No. 42, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 March 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/192).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)