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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire [209v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 23 Nov 1765. 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 expresses disapproval at the lack of information given in Jervis' previous letter. It discusses the case of Lewis Baretto D'Souza, a former Company employee at Basra who was charged with spying for the Ottoman authorities. An explanation is asked for as to why he was allowed to disembark at Muscat, rather than being sent to Bombay as ordered.
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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire [209v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 209-209v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196152.0x00003a> [accessed 10 June 2026]
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- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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- 209v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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