Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging a communication from the Resident, dated 5 January 1815, which forwarded three letters from the British Ambassador to the Court of Persia.
Letter from John Smith, Military Paymaster General, Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is requesting that the Resident supplies the accountant disbursements and vouchers for the Bushire Residency for November and December 1814.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter concerns a resurgence of piracy in the Persian Gulf. It instructs the Resident to inform the chiefs of Khoor Husson and Rusel Khymas [Ra's al-Khaymah] that the East India Company will no longer tolerate acts of piracy. Letters providing background information behind this decision have...
The letter outlines an agreement, negotiated and agreed to by William Bruce, Resident at Bushire. The agreement is for the transportation of a British detachment, and a supply of brimstone to India on board the Duncan.
Letter from James Morier, Tehran to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is requesting that any charges at Bushire connected with the 'East Indian affairs' be paid out of the Residency accounts, as there is no longer any need for the British Persian Mission to keep any funds itself at Bushire.
Letter from A A Constantine, Bushire to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter concerns a bill for mares and a packet shipped to India on board the Ahmed Shah, lost at sea, which has been refused by the Governor of Bombay. It includes a request that the case for the bill's acceptance, outlined in the letter, should be represented to the Governor by the Resident.
Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is granting permission for the Resident to obtain a present for Abraham Kham, in return for his services in taking care of shawl goats on behalf of the East India Company.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is enclosing a copy of a communication received by Francis Warden from Henry Meriton, Superintendent of the Marine, dated 22 March 1815. The enclosed communication contains instructions to be passed on to Captain Hamilton, Commander of the HC Cruizer Aurora. The instructions order the ...
Letter from John Hinde Pelly, Deputy Military Paymaster General, Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is enclosing an extract of retrenchments, dated 31 January 1815, from the disbursements of the Deputy Military Paymaster General in September 1814.