Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing a corrected first of exchange (not present) for supplies provided to the HC Cruizer Nautilus at Bushire, due to an error made in the Resident's submission on 22 July 1818.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter is an acknowledgement of a decision taken by the Government of Bombay to grant the surgeon in charge of medical duties at the Bushire station an allowance for a hospital and a native assistant.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to James Henderson, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter is informing the Government of Bombay that news of the charges to be brought against Lieutenant James Arthur, Commander of the Antelope, has been passed on to the Shaikh of Bahrain. The Lieutenant plundered one of the Shaikh's vessels on 23 August 1818. The dates of the surrounding le...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Thomas Bidwell, Chief Clerk at His Majesty's Foreign Office, London
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The letter concerns wine (Shiraz) sent back to Britain for the Prince Regent (later King George IV); the Resident desires to know if a previous shipment arrived safely and is requesting that the freight fees be paid for a subsequent shipment ordered by Henry Willock, British Chargé d'Affaires in...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Frederick Faithfull, Commander of the HC Cruizer Vestal
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The letter contains instructions for the commander to proceed to Bussora [Basra] Bar to deliver a packet via pilot boat to the Assistant in Charge of the Residency there. He should then return to Bushire to await further instructions from Captain Bridges.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Military Department, Bombay
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The letter acknowledges the receipt of commands dated 20 November 1816, which included instructions concerning the accurate accounting for military supplies landed at — and returned from — Bushire.