Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire
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Warden writes to acknowledge receipt of Bruce's letter of 21 October 1819, stating that the Honourable Governor in Council approves of Bruce's engagement of the services of a 'Burbon [Bourbon] French man' for the reasons stated.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to the Resident or Officer in Charge at Bushire
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Warden writes to acknowledge receipt of Bruce's letter of 29 October 1819, stating that the assistant surgeon Dow proceeded to Bushire on 14 October in the cruizer Benares.
Circular letter from Richard Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is a covering letter enclosing correspondence to be forwarded to High Royal Highness Hussain Alli [Hussain Ali Mirza], Prince Regent of Fars.
Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
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The letter concerns deteriorating relations between the British and the Baghdad Government. Taylor writes that in light of the recent 'outrageous and unjustifiable' seizure of British property by the Baghdad Government, the Residency in Baghdad is suspending all communications between the people ...
Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter concerns water supplies to Britain's military force in the Gulf. In the letter Perronet states that supplies of fresh water on the Ra's al-Khaymah coast, where he and his regiment are currently stationed, are low. He requests the urgent dispatch of three-hundred tons of water to be sen...
Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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In this letter, James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, temporarily in charge of the Residency, encloses the first of exchange (not included) of a set of bills for supplies furnished to the Honourable Company cruiser, the Antelope.
Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence, Bombay
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In this letter James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, temporarily in charge of the Residency, acknowledges the receipt of Richard Thomas Goodwin's letter, dated 1 February, which included two letters from the Governor of Bombay, Mountstuart Elphinstone, addressed to His Royal Highness Hussain Ali [Ḥusayn...
Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence, Bombay
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In this letter James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, temporarily in charge of the Residency, acknowledges the receipt of Richard Thomas Goodwin's letter of 7 February, which included a letter from the Governor, of Bombay, Mountstuart Elphinstone, to His Royal Highness Hussain Ali Merza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrz...
Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Lieutenant Joseph Laurie, Acting Commissary to the British Force at Keshme [Qeshm]
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In this letter, James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, temporarily in charge of the Residency, acknowledges Lieutenant Joseph Laurie's letter of 26 July, which requested twenty casks of liquor for the use of the British troops in the Gulf of Persia. Dow states that eleven casks, containing 1188 gallons o...
Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Charles Gray, Commandant at Kishme [Qeshm]
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In this letter, James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, temporarily in charge of the Residency, responds to a request for a loan of money, equal to one lak [lakh] of Bombay rupees, for the use of the troops at Kishme [Qeshm] by stating that he has granted a set of bills of exchange for a sum equal to 50,0...