Letter from Captain William Hill, Commander of HMS Towey to William Bruce, Honourable Company's Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication dated 9 June 1817 and confirming that HMS Towey will remain in Bushire a few days longer to enable merchants to ship bullion and specie to India.
Letter from Captain William Hill, Commander of HMS Towey, Bushire Roads to William Bruce, Honourable Company's Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication dated 25 June 1817 and confirming that he will transport treasure to Calcutta for the merchants of Bushire who fear that the merchant ships are no longer safe enough due to pirate attacks.
Letter from Captain William Hill, Commander of HMS Towey, Bushire Roads to William Bruce, Honourable Company's Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing private signals between HM ships and East India Company's Cruizers and suggesting that the Resident make decisions in the absence of instructions from the Bombay Government.
General memorandum from Captain William Hill, Commander of HMS Towey, Bushire Roads to the Commanders of the East India Company's Cruizers in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is stating that in the absence of HM ships, officers of the East India Company cruizers should turn to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, for orders. The letter also includes the signals used between HM Sloop Challenger and the Company's cruizers.
Letter from J West, Deputy Accountant General, Office of Audit, Public Department, Bombay, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing an audit of the Resident's account for May 1816 and informing him that his disbursements from May 1816 to January 1817 have been approved. The audit is not enclosed with the letter. The signature of the author is difficult to read and has been given as J West.
