Extract of a Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
IOR/L/PS/9/76/157
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 27 Mar 1801. 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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An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, East India Company Agent in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 27 March 1801.
The letter concerns a labour shortage of ‘Tartars’ [couriers]. Tooke stresses the need to employ four couriers exclusively for carrying mail between Constantinople and Bagdad.
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- 1 item (2 folios)
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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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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/157
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- 27 Mar 1801 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/9/76/157
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- Extract of a Letter from Peter Tooke to Harford Jones
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- 1r:2v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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