Abstract: Two copies of a letter from Gilbert Seton, Bengal Writer, to Samuel Wilks, Clerk to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussora [Basra] and dated 4 June 1781.The letter describes the progress of Seton’s journey from Aleppo to Bussora towards India and reports on Messrs Burke and Churchill whom he has encountered en route.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)