Letter from James Denis de Vitre, Acting Military Paymaster, Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is informing the Resident that his bill for provisions supplied to a Marine detachment in March 1818 has been approved by the Military Auditor General.
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 22 July 1818, which forwarded a Royal firmaun [firman]; the firmaun announced a victory of the Persians over the Afghans. It is noted that the Governor of Bombay approves of the Resident's decision to gift a prese...
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 11 July 1818. It informs him that the Governor of Bombay approves of his decision to permit Richard Sharp to join Henry Willock at Tehran and of his decision to order him to witness the punishment of the men who i...
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 communications from the Resident dated 24 and 25 June 1818. It informs him that the Governor of Bombay will soon make a decision respecting whether or not to continue the pensions of the recently deceased Bebu Amina and Yar Mohammed [Yār Muḥammad Beg].
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 9 March 1818. It informs him that the Governor of Bombay has authorized the pension of the late Jaffer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] to be paid to his son, Mohmad Ali Khan [Muḥammad ‘Alī Khān].
Letter from Richard Morgan, Secretary to the Marine Board, Bombay to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident, dated 27 July 1818, which regarded an error made in charging for rice supplied to the HC Cruizer Nautilus. The letter discusses administrative matters related to the aforementioned bill, and requests that the Resident ...
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident, dated 11 August 1818. It confirms that a box of stationery has been dispatched for the use of the Bushire Residency.