Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts at Bombay
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Letter acknowledging receipt of a letter dated 28 September 1815 and explaining his expenses and salary. The letter also includes a detailed statement of expenses incurred by the Residency between 10 July 1812 and 31 March 1813.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Henry Willock, Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia
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Letter acknowledging receipt of a letter dated 28 September 1815 and explaining his expenses and salary. The letter also includes a detailed statement of expenses incurred by the Residency between 10 July 1812 and 31 March 1813.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
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Letter forwarding a copy and translation of a firman from Abbas Meerza [Abbas Mirza], Prince Royal of Persia, requesting that Bruce persuade Mr Armstrong to return to the Prince's service. The translation only is included. Bruce reports that he informed the Prince of the fact that Mr Armstrong i...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council at Bombay
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Letter enclosing extracts of two letters from Bruce to the British Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia and explaining the difficulties he has been having with persian officers requesting ships in order to remove Shaik Mohammed [Muhammad] from Kharrak [Bandar-e-Chārak].
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Stephen Watson Henshaw
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Letter warning Stephen Watson Henshaw about his conduct with regards to holding discussions with Persian officers in which he appears to have contradicted some of the Residency's statements; and threatening him with severe consequences should it happen again.