Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee
Date:
1781/1805
Description:
Abstract: A copy 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 24 April 1783.The letter forwards news received from Mrs Marianna Abbott in Aleppo, including:News of the signature of preliminary articles of peace between Great Britain and Spain and France [American War of Independence, 1775-1783], which Latouche is arranging to transmit to IndiaThe death of John Abbott, Consul at Aleppo, and his widow Mrs Marianna Abbott’s assumption of his duties in transmitting correspondence.Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/28.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)