Extract of a Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
Date:
1781/1805
Description:
Abstract: An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, East India Company Agent in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 27 March 1801.The letter concerns a labour shortage of ‘Tartars’ [couriers]. Tooke stresses the need to employ four couriers exclusively for carrying mail between Constantinople and Bagdad.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)