Letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
IOR/L/PS/9/76/104
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 21 Dec 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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A copy of a letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated 21 December 1799.
Elgin notifies Jones that he is dispensing with the use of cyphers in his communications with India.
A duplicate of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/106.
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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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- 21 Dec 1799 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/104
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- Letter from Lord Elgin to Harford Jones
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- 1r:2v
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