Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter relates to payments made to Mohummed Nebbe Khan [Muhammad Nabi Khan, former Governor of Bushire]'s agent in Calcutta [Kolkata]. William Bruce responds to a Government command from 19 April 1814, which asked him to explain certain details such as why the agent in Calcutta was paid for a sum...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government
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Letter encloses a copy of a translation of a letter, dated 8 September 1814, from Shaik Hassan ben Rahma [Shaikh Hasan bin Rahma] the Joassemee [Āl Qāsimī] Chief, to William Bruce, in which the Shaikh denies having captured any boats with British passes or colours. Bruce states his intentions to ...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government
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Letter encloses a copy of a letter to William Bruce from Captain Wyatt, who has recently been purchasing horses and mares for the Company's stud in Bengal. Enclosure not included.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter relates to the visit of Mirza Sadiq and Mahomed Sadiq to the Court of Hyderabad. William Bruce acknowledges instructions from the Supreme Government to discourage as much as possible any future visits made by Persians to Hyderabad.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Walter Sherer, Civil Auditor, Fort William
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Letter in response to John Walter Sherer's letter of 13 July 1814, which asked William Bruce to report on what had been done with the presents (consisting of jewellery, cattle and other items) that were made over to the Bushire Residency upon the termination of Lieutenant-Colonel John Malcolm's l...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Major William Cowper, Commissary General, Bombay
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Letter reports that twenty-one horses have been shipped on the bugulah [buggalow], the Darabie. Includes a bill of exchange for the cost of the freight of the horses.
Letter from Captain James Jeakes to James Orton, Acting Resident
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Letter from Captain James Jeakes to James Orton, Acting Resident at Bushire, informing that the ship (Mornington) will be ready to sail from Bushire on the following day.