Letter from Bazett Doveton, Deputy Accountant General, Military Department of Accounts, Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that the office of Pay Officer General was abolished on 1 January 1817 and that he should contact the Accountant General at the Military Department for his military payments.
Letter from Philip Henry Bridges, Commander of HM Sloop Challenger, Bushire Roads to William Bruce, Honourable Company's Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is setting out ways in which copies of his instructions for the conduct of ships in the Persian Gulf may be disseminated once the Challenger leaves the region.
Translation of a letter from Abdollah ben Abdoolazeez [Abdullah bin Su'ud], Chief of the Wahabee [Wahabi] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is requesting clarification of the treaty between the 'English and Muslims', as he believes the English intend to extend it to peoples that are enemies of the Wahabee [Wahabi]. The letter was translated by Robert Taylor.
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that Lieutenant-Colonel J Johnson and Captain Salter will be travelling to Bushire on board the Khosrovie and will continue overland from there to England.