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Letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley [‎3r] (5/8)

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/9/76/319

The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 5 May 1803-15 May 1803. 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 letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Maghil [Al Ma’qil] and dated 15 May 1803.

The letter concerns an incident in Bussora arising from the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).

Included in the letter are:

  • An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, dated 5 May 1803, with an accompanying paper describing Jones’s actions in Bagdat on learning of the affair
  • A letter from Captain John White, the British sailor involved in the affair, to Samuel Manesty, sent from Bussora and dated 15 May 1803. White describes how he met the woman in Egypt.
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IOR/L/PS/9/76/319
Title
Letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley
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1r:4v
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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