Letters between Harford Jones and William Andrew Nesbitt
IOR/L/PS/9/76/144
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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in Dec 1800. 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 four letters concerning travel restrictions in Bagdad [Baghdad]:
1. A note by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, certifying that Charles Bruce and his baggage are considered to be in a state of health following his arrival in Dowkalah [Dukaylah] on 15 December 1800 and the fumigation of his belongings.
2. A letter from Harford Jones to William Andrew Nesbitt, sent from Bagdad and dated 27 December 1800. The letter relays Jones’s instructions from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/124) to prevent Europeans who are not employees of the British Government or the East India Company from travelling to India via the Persian Gulph [Gulf].
3. A letter from William Andrew Nesbitt to Harford Jones, sent from Baghdad and dated 27 December 1800. In response to Jones’s letter, Nesbitt states that he is carrying an important letter to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, from Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex.
4. A note by Harford Jones certifying that William Andrew Nesbitt and his baggage are considered to be in a state of health following his arrival in Dowkalah on 22 December and the fumigation of his belongings.
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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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- Dec 1800 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Resident, Baghdad
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- Letters between Harford Jones and William Andrew Nesbitt
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