Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to John Hine, Acting Resident, Bagdad [Baghdad]
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The letter is an acknowledgement of letters received dated 5 May and 20 June 1808. The Resident expresses his gratitude for the intelligence contained within them.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
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The letter is an acknowledgement of a letter received dated 15 July 1808. In the letter the Resident at Bushire conveys gratitude for congratulations sent to him by the Resident at Bussora [Basra] for his safe arrival at Bushire.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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The letter concerns command of the cruizers of the East India Company in the Gulf. It includes a request that the Government of Bombay revise current practice and make the commanders of such vessels subject to the orders of the Resident upon their arrival at Bushire.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
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The letter concerns a refusal by the Resident at Bussora [Basra] to fulfill the Resident at Bushire's request for a cruizer and his refusal to accept private trading vessels as an alternative.
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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The letter is forwarding two Persian papers (not present) at the request of Shiek Adbul Russool [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], who desires to have the accounts relating to the repairs of the Soliman Shaw settled by Aga Mahomed [Āghā Muḥammad]. The dates of the surrounding correspondence suggest t...
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
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The letter is forwarding a letter (not present) from Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, the Prince of Sheraz [Shiraz].
Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant William Hamilton Commander of the HCC Nautilus
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The letter is authorizing the commander of the HCC Nautilus to secure provisions for a voyage to India, as the Resident is likely to dispatch the vessel with a packet for the Governor General.