Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Thomas White, Military Paymaster General, Bombay
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Letter encloses a list of public letters and packages forwarded to Bombay on board the Hesper, and a list of public and private letters forwarded to Bombay on board the Eliza. The lists follow on from the letter.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Kazroon [Kāzerūn], to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter concerns a firmaun [firman] from the Prince of the Persian Government, regarding Mahomed Nebbe Khan [Muhammad Nabi Khan, former Governor of Bushire]'s ship, the Rhaimshaw (written elsewhere as Rhaim Shah). William Bruce informs Babington that he is on his way to Shiraz for the adjustment o...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain L Stewart, Deputy Assistant, Commissariat Department, Fort St George
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Letter in response to Stewart's letter of 5 February 1814. William Bruce gives replies to Stewart's questions regarding the availability and prices of horses on the Persian market.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter confirms the arrival of the Lovely Tish and the receipt of a consignment of gun carriages and tumbrils. William Bruce confirms that the conductor responsible for putting together the gun carriages and tumbrils is to return to the Presidency on the same ship.