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222. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 6-8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 6-8
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
- Scope & Content:
- The letter describes serious difficulties that the Resident has experienced as the result of a dispute between Captain Hopwood of the Minerva and a local merchant, Johannes Muscow which is explained in the letter. This resulted in the Captain striking the merchant and led to a complaint being ma...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 24 Jun 1807
- Extent:
- 3 folios
223. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 8-9
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 8-9
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
- Scope & Content:
- The letter provides information on the wool inventory stored at the warehouse at Bushire. The Resident explains his intention to sell off most of the stock as soon as possible and only keep a small proportion in reserve until new stock arrives, as several bales are already damaged and not likely...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 25 Jun 1807
- Extent:
- 2 folios
224. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 10-11
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 10-11
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
- Scope & Content:
- The letter encloses the disbursements for May and June 1807 (not present) and explains to what extent allowances for the assistant and company broker should be drawn from the political rather than the commercial account, as per the orders of the Bombay Government. It also explains from which acc...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 30 Jun 1807
- Extent:
- 2 folios
225. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 12-13
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 12-13
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
- Scope & Content:
- The letter provides information on a loan issued by the Resident to Mahomed Hossain Khan, son of the late Navob Mehady Ali Khan [Mahdī ‘Alī Khān], so that he and his mother may make a pilgrimage to the tomb of Emam Reza [Imam Reza] at Meshed [Mashhad] in Korrasoon. It further provides instructio...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Jul 1807
- Extent:
- 2 folios
226. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 13-17
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 13-17
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
- Scope & Content:
- The letter details intelligence delivered by Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] concerning the details of an alliance negotiated between France and Persia, and of the efforts of the French to convince the Persians that the British are attempting to incite the Russians against them. The Residen...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Jul 1807
- Extent:
- 5 folios
227. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 17-18
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 17-18
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
- Scope & Content:
- The letter provides information on the circumstances surrounding a vessel lost around Nakheloo and of what little of the vessel has been recovered.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 20 Jul 1807
- Extent:
- 2 folios
228. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 18-20
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 18-20
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
- Scope & Content:
- The letter is conveying proposals from Aga Mahomed Beybauny and Syeed Tuckee concerning the sale of wool stored at the company's warehouse. The Resident also notes his own opinion on the proposals and makes recommendations to the Government of Bombay.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 22 Jul 1807
- Extent:
- 3 folios
229. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 21-22
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 21-22
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
- Scope & Content:
- The letter is an acknowledgement of the receipt of orders of unknown date. The Resident also encloses reports of sales at Bushire for the years 1805/06 and 1806/07 (not present), as well as other returns (also not present). It also notes why certain sales have not been appearing on the company's...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 26 Jul 1807
- Extent:
- 2 folios
230. IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 23-24
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 23-24
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
- Scope & Content:
- The letter is forwarding copies of correspondence (not present) relating to his dispute with Samuel Manesty over the Resident of Bushire's application for a cruizer. It also explains why he has refused the proposal of employing Manesty's private vessels instead.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1807
- Extent:
- 2 folios