Letter from Harford Jones to James Short
IOR/L/PS/9/76/231
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 31 Mar 1802. 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 Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to James Short, Surgeon at the Bagdad Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , dated 31 March 1802.
The letter forwards a sample of vaccine matter received from a Doctor de Carro in Vienna (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/224) for the purposes of experimentation, in the hope that the vaccine will be successfully reproduced and be conveyed to India. Jones asks Doctor Short to report the result of his experiment to Doctor de Carro.
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- 31 Mar 1802 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letter from Harford Jones to James Short
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- 1r:2v
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