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Letter No. 9: William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire [27r] (2/2)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 26 Aug 1782. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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This letter, dated 25 August 1782, reports on the movements of the Nerbudda, which is bound for Bengal. William Digges Latouche states that the vessel carries a packet, addressed to the Governor and Council at Bombay, which is to be forwarded from Muscat. Latouche goes on to state that it is uncertain whether the Nerbudda will touch at Muscat; he requests that Edward Galley hire a boat to accompany the vessel down the Gulf and convey the packet to Muscat, should the captain of the Nerbudda think it proper to proceed directly to India. Latouche requests that Galley write to the Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. of Muscat, directing him to forward the packet to Bombay. However, in a postscript, dated 26 August 1782, Latouche states that he has sent Jasseem, one of the factory An East India Company trading post. people, to proceed with the Bombay packet to Muscat, with a letter from Latouche to the Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. , regarding the packet's dispatch. In addition, Latouche states that Jasseem carries a letter addressed by Latouche to the Shaik of Casab [Khaṣab], which concerns four bales of cotton yarn.
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Letter No. 9: William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire [27r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 26v-27, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023375718.0x000043> [accessed 5 January 2025]
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