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2951. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 116v-117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 116v-117
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to James Henderson, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter regards a reduction in payments made each month to Mohumed Hossain Khan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1818
Extent:
2 folios

2952. IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 119v-120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/20, ff 119v-120
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to James Henderson, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Government of Bombay that news of the charges to be brought against Lieutenant James Arthur, Commander of the Antelope, has been passed on to the Shaikh of Bahrain. The Lieutenant plundered one of the Shaikh's vessels on 23 August 1818. The dates of the surrounding le...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1818
Extent:
2 folios

2953. IOR/R/15/1/21, 48v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, 48v
Title:
Letter from Charles Gray, to James Dow, Officer in Charge of the Residency
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the raising of military finances in the Gulf. The letter enclosures a further letter from Lieutenant Price the Acting Paymaster (not included in the file) which, states Gray, is a request to the Residency to raise a loan for one lack of rupees, in Spanish dollars, German crow...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1820
Extent:
1 folio

2954. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 3
Title:
Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter contains instructions for the recipient on how much to pay the bearer of the packet in which the letter is included, dependent on the number of days it has taken to deliver the letter from Tehran to Bushire, thus providing financial incentive for swift delivery. Enclosed with the lette...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1819
Extent:
1 folio

2955. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 13
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant M. Donald, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Donald submits an expenses request of 160 Bombay rupees, disbursed for provisions for the crew of the Honourable Company's dhow Hunrod.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1820
Extent:

1 folio

2956. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 14
Title:
Letter from George Swinton, Personal Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Swinton writes to state that a carriage and harnesses (to fit two horses) have been despatched to Ibrahim Khan, Governor of Kirman [Kerman], on board the ship Volunteer. Swinton finishes by stating that a duplicate of the letter will be delivered to Bruce by Captain Waterman of the Volunteer.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1819
Extent:

1 folio

2957. IOR/R/15/1/21, f14v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f14v
Title:
Letter from George Swinton, Personal Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Swinton writes to state that a carriage and harnesses (to fit two horses) have been dispatched to Ibrahim Khan, Governor of Kirman [Kerman], on board the ship Eliza. Swinton finishes by stating that a duplicate of the letter will be delivered to Bruce by Captain Woodhead of the Eliza. A postscrip...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1819
Extent:

1 folio

2958. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 17
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant M. Donald, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Donald writes to inform Bruce, from his position on board his vessel in the Bushire Roads, that he is sending ashore 200 bags of dates, because of a hole in his hull below the waterline. Donald writes that having unloaded the dates the hole is now above the waterline, enabling his crew to carry o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1820
Extent:

1 folio

2959. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 20v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 20v
Title:
Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Following on from his previous letters (including f 20-20v), Grant Keir requests from Bruce any information he can offer of acts of piracy committed on the Persian coast, and of the Persian coast's ports, specifically Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh], Mogar [Moghūyeh], Tawani and Charrack [Karrak].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1820
Extent:

1 folio

2960. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 21 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 21 1
Title:
Letter from George Litchfield, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
In his letter Litchfield requests that Bruce send him via the Benares the sum of 9,000 rupees, due to him in credit by the Residency to the Bombay Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1820
Extent:

1 folio

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