Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to Edward Galley, Resident, and Charles Watkins, Factor, at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 50-50v
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 3 Oct 1787. 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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The letter encloses the following:
- a copy of a letter from William Bruere, Public Department at the Council Chamber in Bengal, to Samuel Manesty, dated 14 Februuary 1787;
- an extract of a letter from Charles Cornwallis, the Governor General of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Fort William, to the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of Bombay, dated 12 March 1787;
- a copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty to the Charles Cornwallis, dated 12 Aug 1787.
All documents are concerned with the collecting of botanical samples for a new botanical garden in Bengal, including instructions for what plants are required from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, and the expertise needed for their cultivation.
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- 1 folio
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- English in Latin script
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- Letter
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 50-50v
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- 3 Oct 1787 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to Edward Galley, Resident, and Charles Watkins, Factor, at Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 50-50v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/305> [accessed 13 December 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 50-50v
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- Letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to Edward Galley, Resident, and Charles Watkins, Factor, at Bushire
- Pages
- 50r:50v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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