Letters from Louisa Abbott to Harford Jones
IOR/L/PS/9/76/74
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 19 Apr 1799-26 May 1799. 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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Two letters from Louisa Abbott, widow of Robert Abbott, late East India Company Agent in Aleppo, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 19 April and 26 May 1799.
The letters concern the transit of mail via Aleppo, including issues around the payment of messengers, and forward news from Tripoly [Tripoli] and Latachia [Latakia] concerning the French invasion of Palestine (IOR/L/PS/9/76/73).
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- English in Latin script
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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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- 19 Apr 1799-26 May 1799 (CE, Gregorian)
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- CommunicationFrench Campaign in Egypt and the Levant (1798-1801)
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- Louisa Abbott
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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/74
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- Letters from Louisa Abbott to Harford Jones
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- 1r:2v
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