Letters between William Digges Latouche and the Court of Directors
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Letters between William Digges Latouche and 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.Another copy of the same letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/23.Attached to the letter is a letter from P Michell, Secretary to the Court of Directors, to Latouche, sent from East India House and dated 27 December 1782. The letter states that Latouche’s letters up to 8 October have been received by the Court of Directors, asks that an accompanying packet (not enclosed) be forwarded as soon as possible to Bombay [Mumbai], and conveys the censure of the Court of Directors for transmitting information about the situation in India to individuals rather than the Company.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Privateers
Communication
Wool trade
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784) - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378646.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378646.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/24
IOR/L/PS/9/76/24