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201. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 72-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 72-73
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān]
Scope & Content:
The letter provides an explanation for why the Resident has detained Jaffer Ali Khan's [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] servant for longer than expected. It also further explains that the presence of two French adventurers does not alarm the Resident. Throughout the letter gifts to various individuals are dis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1808
Extent:
2 folios

202. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 102-103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 102-103
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter mentions that the HCC Teignmouth has returned to Bushire and that Captain John Ferrier has placed the Gun Boat Fury under his command for the purpose of ferrying intelligence to India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1808
Extent:

2 folios

203. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 112-113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 112-113
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the accounts for April 1808 and the Quick and Dead Stocks (neither of which is present). It further explains that the Resident has deferred the reductions to the sepoy's battah [batta] due to the price of goods in Bushire, pending instructions from the Government of Bombay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1808
Extent:

2 folios

204. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 120-121

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 120-121
Title:
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is being written by the Resident under the instructions of Brigadier-General John Malcolm. The letter outlines the General's immediate plans for when he departs Bushire and explains that the King of Persia is at present too intertwined with the French to be easily separated from them....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1808
Extent:

2 folios

205. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 131-141

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 131-141
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Brigadier General John Malcolm
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a copy of William Bruce's letter to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, dated 4 September 1808; there are a number of letters to this individual of this date transcribed in this volume (see f 130 1, f 130v 1 and f 131v). Also enclosed are copies of enclosures from the aforementione...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1808
Extent:

11 folios

206. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 179-180

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 179-180
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter conveys a request from Sir Harford Jones [Brydges] for wool to be sent to Bushire for the use of the British Persian Mission.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1808
Extent:
2 folios

207. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 180-181

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 180-181
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Secretary to Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter explains that a consignment of wool has been damaged by moths.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1808
Extent:
2 folios

208. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 193-194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 193-194
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns wool required by the British Persian Mission; an itemised list of its requirements is enclosed. It also notes that the Benares has been ordered to escort the Wasp as far as Muscat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1808
Extent:
2 folios

209. IOR/R/15/1/12, f 148

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/12, f 148
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to John Kaye, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing account disbursements, vouchers, and the Quick and Dead Stock (not present) up to 30 April 1812. It explains that the Resident has had to make deductions as a result of some of the wool sold turning out to be damaged.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1812
Extent:

1 folio

210. IOR/R/15/1/13, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/13, f 5
Title:
Letter from John Elphinston, Civil Auditor, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter, received 13 February 1811, requesting a statement of the pensions paid at the station and directing that in future pensions be paid at a fixed period.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1810
Extent:
1 folio

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