Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the disbursements (not present) for the month of July 1808, along with the Quick and Dead Stocks (also not present) up to 31 July 1808.
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding an account of the broad cloth sent aboard the bugula [buggalow]Haushamie. It also informs the Resident at Bussora [Basra] that William Bruce has detained the Ternate, due to the precarious situation of the British at Bushire; the Wasp will be sent on with dispatches.
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Brigadier-General Malcolm
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a copy of William Bruce's letter addressed to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone dated 4 September 1808. There are a number of letters to this individual of this date transcribed in this volume (see f 130 1, f 130v 1 and f 131v).
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is conveying William Bruce's disappointment regarding the poor prospects for the sale of the wool he dispatched to Bussora [Basra], but explains that the political situation at Bushire is not likely to stabilise enough in the short term to allow its return.
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant J Manghan
Scope & Content:
The letter consists of orders to escort the Wasp as far as Muscat, where the Lieutenant is instructed to enquire after the fate of the Sylph; should he learn that the vessel has been taken by the Joasemee [Qāsimī] Arabs he should demand its return along with the Deria Dowlut.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter provides information on a loan issued by the Resident to Mahomed Hossain Khan, son of the late Navob Mehady Ali Khan [Mahdī ‘Alī Khān], so that he and his mother may make a pilgrimage to the tomb of Emam Reza [Imam Reza] at Meshed [Mashhad] in Korrasoon. It further provides instructio...
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of the receipt of orders of unknown date. The Resident also encloses reports of sales at Bushire for the years 1805/06 and 1806/07 (not present), as well as other returns (also not present). It also notes why certain sales have not been appearing on the company's...