Correspondence regarding the French Revolutionary Wars
IOR/L/PS/9/76/85
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The record is made up of 1 item (6 folios). It was created in 28 Aug 1799-26 Sept 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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Copies of six letters mainly concerning the French Revolutionary Wars:
1. Four letters from Sir William Sidney Smith, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. , to John Barker, Proconsul in Aleppo, and Nicholas Ducci, Agent, sent from HMS Tigre and dated 28 August-10 September 1799. The letters describe developments in the French Revolutionary Wars in Italy, a British and Ottoman defeat to French forces at Aboukir [Abu Qir], and plans for another joint assault on the French forces occupying Egypt.
2. An extract of a letter from John Barker to William Sidney Smith, sent from Aleppo and dated 26 September 1799. The letter covers subjects including: the reaction in Aleppo to the defeat at Aboukir; news of the British occupation of Seringapatam which Barker has disseminated in Syria; and the departure of the Aleppo Janissary corps to join the forces of the Vizir [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sultan].
3. A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to John Spencer Smith, Minister Plenipotentiary in Constantinople [Istanbul], sent from Bagdad and dated 23 September 1799. Jones forwards four letters from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea (IOR/L/PS/9/76/82, 84, and 87), and asks Spencer Smith to pass them on to Lord Elgin, the newly-appointed Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
Another copy of the same letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/84.
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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/L/PS/9/76/85
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- 28 Aug 1799-26 Sept 1799 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Correspondence regarding the French Revolutionary Wars
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- 1r:6v
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