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Wellesley Papers No. 20
Catalogue reference: IOR/H/476
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IOR/H/476
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Wellesley Papers No. 20
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Date (When the record was created)
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1800-1801
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(1) pp. ii-xi, List of Contents. (2) Jonathan Duncan. pp. 1-6, 17, 33-4, 41-2, 57-9, 69-70, 97-8, 109-10, 125, 133-5, 149-58, 169-70, 219-35, 303-9, 325, 333, 393-4, 405-7, 413, 425-30, 469-70, to Marquis Wellesley 23rd April to 3rd Aug. 1801, Egyptian Expedition, Sind and Surat Affairs, Pirates of Bait, Imam of Muskat and the French; pp. 81-6, to Nathan Crow 5th May 1801; pp. 141-5, to David Scott 17th May 1801, Cotton failure in India; p. 409, to Sunderjee Shuvjee 15th July 1801, Countermanding order for horses; pp. 49-53, Minute in Council 17th April on employment of the Phœnix in the Red Sea. (3) p. 9, Lieut. J. Hamilton to J. A. Grant, n.d. (4) pp. 13-4, Col. Arthur Wellesley to Duncan 13th April 1801, Excellent work of Capt. Moor relative to ships for the Egyptian Expedition (Printed under date in Gurwood's Despatches). (5) pp. 21-2, 113-4, 311, Samuel Manisty (Resident at Bussora) to Duncan 5th April to 21st May 1801. (6) pp. 25-6, 29, Harford Jones (Resident at Baghdad) to Duncan 26th March 1801. (7) pp. 37-8, Aga Abul Husson (Vakil left by Nathan Crow in Sind) to Duncan 9th March 1801. (8) p. 45, Col. W. Clarke (Resident at Goa) to Duncan 10th April 1801. (9) pp. 61-3, Maha Rao Raja Raydhun (Raja of Cutch) to Duncan 18th April 1801, Effects of Tipu Sultan's Factories. (10) pp. 65-6, Memorandum of Sunderjee Shuvjee 29th April 1801, Pirates of Bait. (11) pp. 73-81, 89-90, 129-31, Nathan Crow (Judge and Magistrate of Surat) to Duncan 27th April to 18th May 1801, Affairs of Persia and Afghanistan. (12) p. 91, Ibrahim Khan in Sind to Akbar Shah Afghan in Surat 19th Feb. 1801. (13) p. 93, Return of the 74th Regiment at Bombay 6th May 1801. (14) pp. 101-5, Roger Curtis to Admiral Rainier, Cape of Good Hope, 5th and 15th Feb. 1801, French fleet for Mauritius, Arrival of Sir Home Popham. (15) p. 117, James Barbarell to (?) S. Manisty, Constantinople, 11th March 1801, British influence at Constantinople in danger owing to quarrel with Russia. (16) pp. 121-2, Extract from Lloyd's Evening Post 30th Jan. 1801, Fleet of Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse. (17) p. 137, William Ramsay (Secretary, India House) to Robert Rickards 3rd Jan. 1801. (18) pp. 161-7, Return of the 80th Regiment and Bengal Volunteers embarked for foreign service 17th June 1801. (19) pp. 173-8, 185-8, Major-Gen. David Baird (Commanding British troops from India) to Duncan 10th May 1801. (20) pp. 182-3, Estimates of Camels for the Army, signed L. Macquarie, Deputy Adjutant-General. (21) Col. John Murray. pp. 187-9, to Baird, n.d; pp. 190-1, to Admiral Blankett, n.d. (22) pp. 191-2, 208-9, Bulletin of the landing of the British under Abercromby at Aboukir Bay and subsequent events, Death of Abercromby. (23) Lieut.-Col. James Romney (Commanding Bombay Troops in the Red Sea). pp. 195-200, to Duncan 15th April 1801; pp. 202-3, to Thomas Hardie 25th April 1801. (24) pp. 200-1, Capt. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman (H.M.S. La Forte) to Capt. Thomas Hardie 19th April 1801. (25) p. 201, Capt. Thomas Hardie (H.C. Frigate Marquis Cornwallis) to Col. Romney 19th April 1801. (26) p. 207, C. Howard (Naval Agent for H.M. Ships at Mocha) to Duncan 2nd June 1801. (27) pp. 211-2, C. Stokes, A.C.D.S., to Duncan 2nd June 1801. (28) pp. 215-6, Verbal Report of Lieut. Buck, Vessels seen in the Red Sea 10th to 27th May 1801. (29) pp. 239-45, 267-8, 337-46, 433-5, Mehdy Ali Khan (Commercial Resident at Abu Shehr) to Duncan, Jedda 24th May to 20th June 1801, Troubles with the Shereef of Mecca relative to treatment of his vessels by the Bombay Customs officers. See also (30) to (33) below. (30) pp. 247-63, 347-90, 435-67, Correspondence between Mehdy Ali Khan, Gen. Baird, Col. John Murray, Admiral Blankett, Capt. Thomas Butler (Rockingham), Capt. J. Mackenzie (Shaw Husroo), Capt. Kidd (Lowjee Family), Capt. J. White (Morad Bucks) and Col. Ramsay 24th May to 26th June 1801. (31) pp. 271-2, Reports from P. Bewick (Assistant Superintendent of the Marine Board) and P. S. Maister (Custom Master), Customs charges on the Shereef of Mecca's ships. (32) pp. 275-87, Correspondence between Shereef Ghalib of Mecca, Major Samuel Wilson, Ibrahim Jellanee (or Jollany, Broker at Jedda), Jonathan Duncan, Vizeer of Jedda, Hirjee Nowrojee (Wilson's Dubash) 22nd June 1800 to 21st June 1801. (33) pp. 291-5, P. S. Maister (Customs Master) to J. H. Lovett (Acting Persian Translator) 22nd June 1801. (34) p. 299, Letter from Aka Jaffeer and Mutta Mohamed 13th May 1801, Intelligence of the army in Egypt. (35) pp. 315-22, David Seton (Resident at Muskat) to Duncan 8th June 1801. (36) p. 329, J. Humrus to Duncan, Jedda, 1st May 1801, Intelligence from Egypt. (37) pp. 397-401, R Rickards (Secretary to Bombay Government) to Captains of the China Ships, viz., Thomas Wakefield (Addington), John Barfoot (Nottingham), A. Patton (Ocean) 25th June 1801, Provision of Tonnage. (38) pp. 417-8, D. Scott and John Manship to Duncan, London, 7th March 1801, French fleet for Mauritius. (39) pp. 421-2, Capt. Joseph Balderson to Duncan 23rd July 1801, Safe arrival of Company's ships at Bombay. (40) pp. 473-4, Capt. Thomas Surridge (H.M.S. Leopard) to Duncan 21st July 1801.
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Q/ISC/31
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English
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1 volume
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Unrestricted
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