Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter concerns changes to the establishment of the Bushire Residency. It states that expenses dating from 10 July 1812 onwards are to be charged to the Bombay Government and not, as was previously the case, to the Supreme Government.
Letter from Charles Norris, Assistant Deputy Military Paymaster General, Bombay, to Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire
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Letter states that a bill for supplies made to a detachment of the Marine Battalion, which was attached to the Bushire Residency in June 1812, has been passed by the Military Auditor General.
Letter from John Adam, Secretary to the Government, Fort William, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire
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Letter concerns a consignment of 17,000 muskets, bound for Bushire on board the ship, Lord Minto, to be transmitted to His Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley, Ambassador to Persia, for the use of the King of Persia [Fat'h Ali Shah Qajar]. Includes an invoice for the muskets, dated 30 November 1812.
Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire
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Letter encloses a copy of a petition, dated 19 January 1813, made on behalf from Buxee Khanum, widow of Aga Mahomed Bhebanee (also written as Bebany and Babany elsewhere in the volume), and addressed to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay. The petition regards Buxee Khanum's...