Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Secret Committee, and Letters from William Hornby to Latouche [‎5r] (9/10)

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A copy of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. of the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 13 May 1783.

Subjects covered include:

• Arrangements for conveying news of the preliminary articles of peace between Great Britain and France and Spain [American War of Independence, 1775-1783] to India
• The movements of French travellers towards India, including the messenger M Cotinal discussed in the letter of 23 April
• The transit of mail to India, including reports of the assembly at Nice of a large French force (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/25)
• The movements of British travellers.

Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/28.

Attached to the letter are extracts of two letters from William Hornby, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Latouche, dated 25 February and 2 March 1783. Subjects covered include:

• Developments in the conflict with Mysore [Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784], including the death of Hyder [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore] and the rise of Tipoo [Tīpū Sulṭān]
• The movements of ships, in particular attacks by French ships off Ganjam and the threat this poses to English ships on the east coast of India.

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1 item (5 folios)

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English in Latin script

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