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1061. IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 169v-170

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 169v-170
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter details, for the information of the Resident at Bussora [Basra], the circumstances surrounding the flight of the Country Ship Rhiamshaw [Rhaim Shaw] from the Bushire Roads under the command of Captain Heathorn. It also explains the importance behind returning the vessel to Bushire. It ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1813
Extent:

2 folios

1062. IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 170v-171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 170v-171
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Sir Evan Nepean, Baronet, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that the missing Country Ship Rhaim Shaw (the Resident seeks to find and return her to Bushire) has been sighted off the Arabian coast; noted to be a dangerous region. The HC Cruizer Ternate has been sent to Bussora [Basra] in search of her, and will pursue any leads it fi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1813
Extent:

2 folios

1063. IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 171v-172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 171v-172
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Sir Evan Nepean, Baronet, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding a dispatch (not present) to Bombay from Sir Gore Ouseley.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1813
Extent:

2 folios

1064. IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 108,109v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 108,109v
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to George Brown, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a copy and translation of a communication (see f. 108) from Mahomed Jaffer Kaun [Muḥammad Ja‘afar Khān], Governor of Bushire, in which he requests an advance of one year's rent for the factory. The letter notes that in the interest of maintaining good relations, the Reside...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Mar 1812
Extent:

2 folios

1065. IOR/R/15/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/13
Title:
Vol 13 Letters Inward
Scope & Content:
This volume comprises letters received by the Resident at Bushire. For most of the period covered by this volume the Acting Resident at Bushire was Lieutenant William Bruce. The three other occupants of the Residency during this period were Lieutenant Robert Taylor, James Orton, and Thomas Flower...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1810-6 Aug 1813
Extent:
1 volume, 191 items (145 folios)

1066. IOR/R/15/1/13, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/13, f 5
Title:
Letter from John Elphinston, Civil Auditor, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter, received 13 February 1811, requesting a statement of the pensions paid at the station and directing that in future pensions be paid at a fixed period.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1810
Extent:
1 folio

1067. IOR/R/15/1/13, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/13, f 6
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Assistant in Charge of the Residency, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter orders that four accompanying packets received from His Majesty's Ambassador be forwarded to their respective addresses.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1811
Extent:
1 folio

1068. IOR/R/15/1/13, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/13, f 7
Title:
Letter from John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter requests a statement of expected receipts and disbursements for 1810 to 1811.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1810
Extent:
1 folio

1069. IOR/R/15/1/13, f 10v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/13, f 10v
Title:
Letter from John Elphinston, Civil Auditor, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter informs Bruce that his accounts for March and April have been passed.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1810
Extent:
1 folio

1070. IOR/R/15/1/13, f 15v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/13, f 15v
Title:
Letter from James Farish, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter states that the Governor in Council has ruled to discontinue the practice of paying the allowances of servants at Bushire to their agents at the Presidency, and has also directed that no more advances are to be made on account of the Presidencies of Fort William or Fort St George without t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1810
Extent:
1 folio

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