Letters from William Digges Latouche to Laurence Sulivan, Chairman of the Court of Directors
Date:
1781/1805
Description:
Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident in Bussorah [Basra], to Laurence Sulivan, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bussorah and dated 25 September 1781.The letter mainly concerns the transit of mail from London to Bussorah and onwards to India. Latouche also complains about messengers carrying dispatches from London commandeering vessels in Bussora. Other subjects discussed in the letter are the threat of French ‘privateers’ in the Gulph [Gulf], the sale of woollens in Bussora, and reports from India including the capture of the Dutch factory at Surat.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)