Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, Currently at Bombay
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Letter discusses the price of Ghilan [Gilan] silk and instructs Bruce to purchase two tons of the material, if it can be consigned to Bombay before December 1812.
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, Currently at Bombay, to Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire
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Letter discusses the procurement of raw Ghilan [Gilan] silk for investment in Europe. Contains the following enclosures, whose subjects include the procurement of Ghilan silk and the varieties of cotton available on the Bushire market: A copy of a letter, dated 9 May 1812, from William Newnham, ...
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, currently at Bombay, to Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire
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Letter requests samples of cotton from the different provinces of Persia. Also includes an enclosure: a letter, dated 26 May 1812, from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Bruce, Bombay, regarding payment owed to the Governor of Bushire for the pilotage of the Bussora pac...
Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Thomas Flower, Resident at Bushire
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Letter attaches an extract of a letter, dated 10 August 1812, from the Military Paymaster General to the Governor in Council, regarding a bill anomaly dating from 3 February 1810.
Letter from Thomas White, Paymaster General, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire
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Extract of a letter, dated 20 February 1812 from the Military Paymaster General to Bruce, requesting compliance with the instructions conveyed in his letter of 3 October 1811.The letter from 3 October 1811 requests documents in relation to disbursements. Its entry in the index is dated as 3 Augu...
Letter from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Thomas Flower, Resident, Bushire
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Letter concerns the Residency's accounts. Farish encloses a letter, dated 14 January 1807, from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, on the subject of regulating future payment of the Residency Guard. The enclosed let...
Letter from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter instructs Bruce to procure a quantity of raw silk (of the finest quality), Carmenia wool, and Persian carpets for an amount not exeeding 50,000 rupees. Includes the following enclosures: a report, dated 24 October 1812, addressed to G[eorge] Vandeput Drury, Export Warehouse Keeper, on the ...
Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Thomas Flower, Resident at Bushire, currently at Bombay
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Letter concerns a petition from Buxee Khanum, widow of Aga Mahomed Bhebanee (also spelled Bhubanee, Bhabane, and Bhebany), regarding her entitlement to some of her late husband's property. Includes various enclosures: two petitions made on behalf of Buxee Khanum, one of which is addressed to Sir ...
Letter from John Adam, Secretary to the Government, Fort William, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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Letter concerns the ship, Lord Minto, and gives specifications for the convenient landing of its cargo (which includes arms for the King of Persia) when it reaches Bushire.