Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
- Date:
- 1781/1881
- Description:
- Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 15 June 1781. Subjects covered include:Arrangements for the passage of various East India Company employees from Bussora towards India and related movements of ships in the GulfThe activities of the Basha [Sulaymān Pāshā Āl Kabīr, Governor of Baghdad], including his order of gallivat ships from Bombay [Mumbai] and reinforcement of BussoraNews of the capture of Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, which Latouche has forwarded to BombayNews from Bombay regarding English shipsIntelligence from Madras [Chennai] regarding the movement of French ships and the conflict [Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784] with Heyder Ally [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore].A duplicate of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/12.Attached to the letter is part of another letter from Latouche to the Court of Directors dated 27 June 1781. It covers:Intelligence from the Coromandel coast concerning French movements and the conflict with Heyder AllyThe movements of ships.The remainder of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/15. The full letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/20.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-1784)
Ships
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784)
Sultan of Mysore
Governor of Baghdad - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378633.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378633.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/12
IOR/L/PS/9/76/12