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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 123 1
Title:: Letter No. 65 to Lieutenant Thomas Hardie, in Command of the Viper Cutter, from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: Letter commands Hardie to sail to Bombay to deliver a packet to the Council there and then take his orders from it.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Mar 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 123 2
Title:: Letter No. 66 to Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Governor, Political and Secret Department, Council at Bombay, from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: Letter states that a duplicate of item IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 122-123 is enclosed (it is not contained in the file) and reports that no noteworthy developments have taken place since that letter was sent.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Apr 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 124 1
Title:: Letter No. 67 to Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Governor, Public Department, Council at Bombay, from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: The letter records the arrival of the Morning Star. A summary of developments in Persia is given but it is noted that little new intelligence can be provided since no letters have been recieved from Isfahan. The letter gives the current balance of cash at Bushire and states that accounts for the ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Apr 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 124 2
Title:: Letter No. 68 to Captain Hugh Stephenson Jervis, Commander of the Morning Star, from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: Letter commands Jervis to sail to Bombay to deliver a packet to the Council there and then take his orders from it.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 24 Apr 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 125 1
Title:: Letter No. 70 to Samuel Manesty, in Charge of the Honourable East India Company at Bussora [Basra], from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: The letter states that it accompanied a packet forwarded from a Broker at Muscat and records other administrative matters.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Jun 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 125 2
Title:: Letter No. 71 to Samuel Manesty, in Charge of the Honourable East India Company at Bussora [Basra], from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: A covering letter sent with duplicates of items IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 124-125 and IOR/R/15/1/3, p 125 1. Shipped by the Dudley Captain Christian Geddes.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 21 Jun 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 126
Title:: Letter No. 73 to Samuel Manesty, in Charge of the Honourable East India Company at Bussora [Basra], from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: Letter provides details - via a Banyan Merchant - of news that three French ships had arrived at Muscat with the intention of establishing a 'house' there (a request which was refused by Sheikh Calfaun).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Sep 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 129 1
Title:: Letter No. 77 to Samuel Manesty, in Charge of the Honourable East India Company at Bussora [Basra], from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: Sent with a duplicate of item IOR/R/15/1/3, pp 128-129. The letter states that the Scorpion Snow, under the command of John Thistleton, is on its way to Bussora [Basra] from Bushire.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Oct 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 129 2
Title:: Letter No. 78 to Captain John Thistleton, Commander of the Scorpion Snow, from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: Short letter that commands Captain Thistleton to sail to Bussora [Basra] to deliver a packet to Mr Manesty and then take orders from him.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Oct 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/1/3, p 130
Title:: Letter No. 80 to Rawson Hart Boddam, President and Governor for the Political and Secret Department, Council at Bombay, from Edward Galley at Bushire
Scope & Content:: The letter provides an update on the situation in Persia and records the arrival and movements of three French ships in the area (the Venus, Provoyance and Lamphitrite).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Oct 1785
Extent:: 1 folio

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