Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses an original receipt (not included) for cash supplied to Major General Sir William Grant Keir.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, transmits an abstract of advances (not included) and a bill for supplies (not included) sent on board the Malabar country ship, to be used by the surviving crew members of the Honourable Company cruiser Ariel.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses the first of exchange (not included) for disbursements on account of the survivors of the Honourable Company cruiser Ariel.
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, reports that the surviving crew members from the Ariel are proceeding to the Presidency on board the Malabar country ship. He states that they have agreed with the ship's Commander that the owners shall be paid by Government whatever is customar...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain Longlands, Commander of the Malabar Country Ship
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, requests that Longlands receive on board his ship the five surviving members from the Honourable Company cruiser Ariel, which foundered on 18 March 1820. Bruce instructs Longlands to make out a bill for any provisions supplied, plus the customa...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses a copy of a letter (not included) that he has received from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, along with a copy of his reply (see the previous item in this file). Bruce expresses his hope that the Honourable Board will approve of the te...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Lieutenant-Colonel C J Doyle, President of the Board of Superintendence for Improving the Breed of Cattle, Fort William
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, informs Doyle that he has shipped a desert Arab stallion, which was purchased by Major General Sir William Grant Keir and consigned to Doyle.