Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
Date:
1781/1805
Description:
Abstract: 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 20 July 1781. Subjects covered include:The movements of ships and British travellers towards India via BussoraThe movements of French ‘privateers’, including the capture of a Muscat shipThe sale of woollens in Bussora.Attached to the letter is the first part of another letter from Latouche to the Court of Directors, dated 12 October 1781, covering the movements of French ‘privateers’. The second part of this letter is catalogued IOR/L/PS/9/76/18 and the third part as IOR/L/PS/9/76/16.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)