Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident, dated 22 April 1818. It further informs the Resident that copies of the communication have been forwarded and published.
Letter from John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Political Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing an audit (not present) of the Resident's accounts and informs him that his disbursements from November 1817 to March 1818 have been approved.
Letter from John Wedderburn, Accountant General and Civil Auditor, Political Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a circular; it is a reminder of a previous circular dated 10 April 1818, which requested accounts of presents made and received. It further requests that these accounts are sent as soon as possible.
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Marine Department, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a letter from the Resident, dated 19 May 1818. It confirms that the Marine Board has been ordered to prepare and ship the stores requested as soon as possible.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that the Governor of Bombay has agreed to the appointment of Richard Sharp as surgeon to Abbas Mirza [‘Abbās Mīrzā]. It further announces that William Hall has been appointed to replace him at Bushire.
Letter from James Morison, Sub-Assistant to the Commissariat at Fort St George, Madras, at Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that Arratoon Constantine and Haji Mahommed Salle [Hājjī Muḥammad Salāḥ] have agreed to supply Arabian and Persian horses to the Madras Cavalry and requests a convoy for the ships that will transport them to India.