Letter from Thomas Hodges, East India Company Governor at Bombay, and Daniel Draper, James Ryley, Rawson Hart Boddam, and Benjamin Jervis, and Nathaniel Stackhouse, all part of the Council at Bombay Castle, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter gives the information that the ships Revenge and Essex have left Bombay for Bushire, with George Green, the new Assistant Resident at Bushire, aboard the Essex.
Letter from Charles Elphinstone and Lawrence Nilson, aboard the Revenge at sea, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter informs that they are unable to join the fleet off Carrack [Kharg] owing to strong northwesterlies.
Letter from George Skipp, in Schyrass [Shiraz], to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter contains details of the negotiations with the Caun [Karim Khan] and the author's attempts to obtain from him an order to assist the English in their attack on Carrack [Kharg] Island. There is also brief mention of the negotiations with Shaik Nassir [Sheikh Nāsir] over the rent of the ...
Letter from Charles Elphinstone and Lawrence Nilson, aboard the Revenge at sea, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter informs that the boats sent from Bushire to assist the expedition against Kharg Island are being returned due to strong northwesterly winds.
Letter from Henry Moore, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], and his assistants, John Beaumont and William Lewis, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green
Scope & Content:
The letter contains the directions to withdraw from Bushire should they feel in significant danger at any time.
Letter from Rawson Hart Boddam, Robert Sparks, and Richard Church, at Bombay Castle, Commercial Department, to Edward Galley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter contains details of English woollens sent to Bushire for the Persian market and the order to buy as much Carmenia [Kermān] wool as possible. Also included is a short extract from Company Commands, dated 7 April 1786. The commands contain the order to buy Carmenia wool and asks why it...
Letter from Rawson Hart Boddam, Andrew Ramsay, and Robert Sparks, at Bombay Castle, Public Department, to Edward Galley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter gives notification that Charles Watkins is en route from Bombay and is to succeed Galley as Resident.