Letter from James Henderson, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident, dated 28 May 1818. It informs him that the Governor of Bombay approves of his decision to send Richard Sharp to Shiraz, in order to bear witness to the punishment of the men who insulted John Williams.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is enclosing a copy of a letter from Francis Warden to Edward Barnard, Captain of the HMS Conway, dated 15 July 1818, which placed the Captain in charge of two packets bound for Bushire and Bussorah [Basra].
Letter from Edward Barnard, Captain of the HMS Conway and Senior Naval Officer, at the Bushire Roads to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire.
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The letter acknowledges the receipt of a communication from the Resident dated 15 August 1818. It expresses the Captain's outrage at a report that a ship belonging to Shaik Abdulla ben Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad] has been plundered by the HC Cruizer Antelope. It insists that all the prope...
Letter from Henry Willock, HM Charge d'affaires at the Court of Persia to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is enclosing a copy of a letter from Henry Willock to the Marquis of Hastings [Francis Rawdon Hastings], dated 15 August 1818, which discusses the case of Aga Ismael [Āghā Ismā’īl]; a Persian pensioner of the East India Company who owes a large sum of money to the Nizam ud Dowlah [Niẓā...
Letter from Edward Barnard, Captain of HMS Conway, anchored off the Island of Karack to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is enclosing correspondence in relation to an incident in which a Bahraini ship was seized by HC Cruizer Antelope on 23 August 1818. Three enclosures: 1. A copy of a letter from Lieutenant J Arthur, Commander of the HC Cruizer Antelope. It is a statement describing the encounter betw...
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging a communication from the Resident, dated 17 February 1818. It informs him that the Governor of Bombay approves of the sanction given to John Williams to travel to England on health grounds.
Letter from James Henderson, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is enclosing a copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Edward Barnard, Commander of HMS Conway, dated 23 October 1818; the content of which Mr Henderson would like the Resident to make known to the Shaikh of Bahrain. The enclosed letter explai...
Letter from Charles Sealy, Commodore on the Surat Station to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is enclosing a copy of a letter from William Eatwell, Captain of the HC Cruizer Benares, dated 25 December 1818. The enclosed communication conveys a complaint about the pilot Hage Kalfan, and provides examples of his lack of knowledge and skill. It is further requested that the said p...