Abstract: Part 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 18 June 1783. Subjects covered include:Arrangements for the transport to India of Major Geils and M Froment and the dispatches they are carrying, including preliminary peace articles with France, Spain, and America [American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783]The difficulties in communicating with Muscat due to a blockade of the River [Shatt al-Arab] by Grain [Kuwait] following an attack on Zebara [Al Zubara] by Sheik Nassir [Shaikh Nāṣir Āl Mazkūr] of Bushire [Bushehr]Latouche’s complaints against David Hays, Proconsul in Aleppo, regarding the latter’s management of correspondence.The continuation of the letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/34. The full letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/33.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)