Abstract: Financial statements displaying payments made in Bagdad [Baghdad] on account of the East India Company in the months of August and September 1802.The statements list expenditure in piastres on household expenses, stables, diplomatic gifts, extraordinary expenses, and charges on merchandise.Attached is a statement displaying the East India Company’s cash account in piastres for the same period.The statements are signed by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, and dated 31 August-30 September 1802.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A financial statement displaying payments made in Bagdad [Baghdad] on account of the East India Company in the periods 1 May 1800-30 April 1801 and 1 May 1801-30 April 1802.The statement lists expenditure in rupees on household expenses, stables, diplomatic gifts, extraordinary expenses, and charges on merchandise for both periods, and gives reasons for changes in expenditure between the two periods.The statement is signed by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, and dated 30 April 1802.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: A financial statement showing the balance of the East India Company’s Cash Account at the Bagdad [Baghdad] Mission and expenditure in rupees on household expenses, stables, diplomatic gifts, extraordinary expenses, and charges on merchandise in the month of April 1802.The statement is signed by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, and dated 30 April 1802.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: The file contains a copy of a telegram sent to the Foreign Office by HM Ambassador to the United States, regarding a message sent by the Sultan of Muscat to the Head of the Muscat Mission in Bagdad [Baghdad] instructing him to approach the United States Legation for travelling expenses to return to Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: An extract of the Governor of Bombay’s commands to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], dated 13 April 1801.The commands concern expenditure on conveying mail from Bussora to Bombay [Mumbai] on a private ship owned by Manesty.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], received 16 September 1802.The letter concerns Manesty’s conduct in chartering a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to India at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to George Hilaro Barlow, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 5 June 1801.The letter concerns the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], who chartered a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 28 February 1801.The letter reprimands Manesty for charging a high price to the East India Company for the conveyance of mail from Bussora to Bombay on a private vessel.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 18 September 1803.Manesty defends his conduct in chartering private ships owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 14 August 1803.Manesty contests the expenditure allowed by the Governor for the conveyance of mail from Bussora to Bombay [Mumbai] on a private ship owned by himself (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/339) and argues for greater expenditure.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 20 September 1801.Manesty defends his conduct in chartering private ships owned by himself to carry dispatches to India at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This item contains:1. A copy of a letter from Neil Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 12 May 1801. The letter concerns the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], who chartered a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East India Company’s expense.2. An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 22 January 1801, reporting the chartering of the ship.3. A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 3 July 1803. Manesty defends his conduct in chartering the ship.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)