Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Accountant, Military Department, Bombay
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In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, transmits a muster roll, an abstract, some bills of supplies and an account current for military disbursements at the Residency for the month of April. Transmissions not included.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding in Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]
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In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, acknowledges the receipt of Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson's letter of 11 March 1820, in which Thompson requested water supplies for the garrison station under his command. Bruce promises to send a set of coopers - with casks and kegs - on boa...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, recounts a recent discussion with Rahma Bin Jauber [Rahma bin Jabir], whom he describes as having been one of the predatory chiefs who disturbed the tranquility of the Gulf. Bruce states that he inquired into the terms of the recent treaty betw...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, refers to his letter of 22 April 1820 and reports the death of Belall (spelled as Bilall in ff 42v-44) Sedee. Bruce states that Doctor James Dow, Assistant Surgeon at the Residency, has concluded that there are no marks of violence on the deceas...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, states that on 26 April 1820, Rahim Khan, acting on behalf of His Royal Highness Hossain Ali Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā], visited Bushire and presented Bruce with a firmaun, a horse and a sword. Bruce states that he intends to make Rahim Khan a ...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to Captain Boog, Commander of the Travaneore
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The letter is informing the Commander that diplomacy between the British and Turkish Governments has ceased; the British cannot therefore guarantee his safety should he choose to proceed to Bussorah [Basra].
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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The letter is forwarding for inspection the General Books (not present) of the Bushire Residency; corrections and alterations made by the Resident are noted.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing an abstract for vaccinating allowances (not present) due to Assistant Surgeon John Tod. It notes that the Resident attributes his lack of success in introducing vaccination as being primarily due to the cold weather.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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The letter is forwarding receipts (not present) from the Field Paymaster at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] for funds provided to that station from the Bushire Residency.