Letters between Harford Jones and William Andrew Nesbitt

Title:

Letters between Harford Jones and William Andrew Nesbitt

Date:

1781/1805

Description:

Abstract: Copies of four letters concerning travel restrictions in Bagdad [Baghdad]:1. A note by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, certifying that Charles Bruce and his baggage are considered to be in a state of health following his arrival in Dowkalah [Dukaylah] on 15 December 1800 and the fumigation of his belongings.2. A letter from Harford Jones to William Andrew Nesbitt, sent from Bagdad and dated 27 December 1800. The letter relays Jones’s instructions from the Government of Bombay (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/124) to prevent Europeans who are not employees of the British Government or the East India Company from travelling to India via the Persian Gulph [Gulf].3. A letter from William Andrew Nesbitt to Harford Jones, sent from Baghdad and dated 27 December 1800. In response to Jones’s letter, Nesbitt states that he is carrying an important letter to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, from Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex.4. A note by Harford Jones certifying that William Andrew Nesbitt and his baggage are considered to be in a state of health following his arrival in Dowkalah on 22 December and the fumigation of his belongings.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Travel restrictions
Plague
Bubonic plague
Public health

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100109378787.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378787.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/144
IOR/L/PS/9/76/144

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