Letter from Harford Jones to Peter Tooke
IOR/L/PS/9/76/194
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 23 Nov 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 Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], dated 23 November 1801.
The letter concerns attempts to transport cowpox samples to India for purposes of inoculation against smallpox. Jones asks Tooke to arrange for cowpox matter to be sent from Constantinople to Bagdad.
Another copy of this extract can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/195.
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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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- 23 Nov 1801 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Resident, Baghdad
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- Letter from Harford Jones to Peter Tooke
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- 1r:2v
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