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661. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 71
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for a duplicate of a previous letter and notification that the packet from Basra is en route to Bombay via Muscat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1765
Extent:

1 folio

662. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 72v 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 72v 1
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter relays the claim made by Narrotam Josee [Narottam Ramachandar Joshi], the Company's broker in Muscat, that it was Julfar Arabs (al-Qawāsim) that plundered the tranky he sent to Bushire, not himself.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1765
Extent:

1 folio

663. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 74
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is notification that a sloop is in poor condition and is being sent to Basra with the Fort William, which is loaded with barley.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1765
Extent:

1 folio

664. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76v 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 76v 2
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to the Commander in Chief of the Honourable Company's Cruizers in the Gulph of Persia [Persian Gulf]
Scope & Content:
The letter is an order to proceed to Bussora [Basra] to take revenge for the recent loss of the Sally and the Fort William to the Banu Ka‘b.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Aug 1765
Extent:

1 folio

665. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 77-77v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 77-77v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter gives reasons for the detaining of a sloop at Bushire and tells of the expectation that merchants will arrive from Schirass [Shiraz] soon.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 1765
Extent:

1 folio

666. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 79v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 79v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter is an explanation that the tin sent to Bussora [Basra] was all weighed and correct when it left Bushire, and suggests that any missing might have been stolen when landed.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1765
Extent:

1 folio

667. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 87 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 87 1
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistants, William Bowyear and John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for some accounts and a shipment of woollens.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1766
Extent:

1 folio

668. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 90v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 90v
Title:
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistant, John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for accounts and informs that Mr Natter is sick and travels to Basra to see the surgeon there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1766
Extent:

1 folio

669. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 92
Title:
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistant, John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for a shipment of woollens and accounts. A request is also made for a pay rise due to the loss of income from the wine trade in Schirass [Shiraz], which in turn was due to a fear it might upset the authorities.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1766
Extent:

1 folio

670. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 92v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 92v
Title:
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], and his assistant, John Sebastian Natter, to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter reports the high price of Carmenia wool and proposes sending the linguist there (Kirmān Province) with some surplus cloth to see what he is able to procure.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Sep 1766
Extent:

1 folio