Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
- Date:
- 1783/1783
- Description:
- Abstract: Part of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 18 June 1783. Subjects covered include:Arrangements for the transport to India of Major Geils and M Froment and the dispatches they are carrying, including preliminary peace articles with France, Spain, and America [American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783]The difficulties in communicating with Muscat due to a blockade of the River [Shatt al-Arab] by Grain [Kuwait] following an attack on Zebara [Al Zubara] by Sheik Nassir [Shaikh Nāṣir Āl Mazkūr] of Bushire [Bushehr]Latouche’s complaints against David Hays, Proconsul in Aleppo, regarding the latter’s management of correspondence.The continuation of the letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/34. The full letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/33.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Peace treaties
Communication
American War of Independence (1775-1783)
Shaikh of Bushire, Arab ruler - Geographic region:
- Zebara
Shatt al Arab
Grain - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378639.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378639.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/17
IOR/L/PS/9/76/17