Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Colonel Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Commissary General, Bengal
Scope & Content:
Letter refers to a request, made on 22 December 1813, by Major William Cowper, Commissary General at Bombay, for William Bruce to send a consignment of native sulphur to the Bengal Government. Bruce informs Weguelin that one hundred bags of native sulphur have been shipped on the Ahmed Shah, and ...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Colonel Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Calcutta [Kolkata]
Scope & Content:
Letter relates to the loss of the Ahmed Shah, which was wrecked off Khen [Qeys] Island on the night of 10 July 1814. William Bruce writes that he hopes that it will be possible to recover a consignment of sulphur intended for Weguelin, which was on board the ship at the time.