Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter forwards a copy of a letter, dated 22 September 1810, from Sir Harford Jones, at Taurie, to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council at Bombay, regarding the seizure at Bushire of Mr Robbio. The forwarded letter encloses copies of two letters (9 and 14 September 1810) from Sir H...
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter encloses an extract of a letter, dated 6 June 1810, from the Court of Directors, Commercial Department of the East India Company. The extract concerns the woollen trade in Persia. It rejects Bruce's proposal that the Company should follow Russia's example and accept Persian goods as an alt...
Letter from John W Hamilton, Secretary to the Government, Marine Office, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter encloses a copy of a circular letter, dated January 1811, from Richard Morgan, Assistant Secretary to the Marine Department, Bombay, to commanders of the East India Company's cruisers. The circular letter states that commanders, their officers, and their crew will in future be required to ...
Letter from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter orders Bruce to issue to the Marine Agent in the Gulf of Persia whatever sum of money he requires and to obtain a bill on the Marine Paymaster in return.
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter forwards a copy of a letter, dated 24 May 1811, from Robert Kitson, Import Warehouse Keeper, Bombay, to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay, regarding the exact date on which woollen goods for the year 1809/1810 were shipped to the Bushire Residency, following Bruce'...
Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter forwards a copy of a letter, dated 17 November 1810, from F[rancis] Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to John Elphinstone [Elphinston], Civil Auditor, which sets out the Government's regulations regarding pension payments.
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter in response to Bruce's letter of 19 December 1811. Subjects include unsold woollen goods, the retention of native officers at Bushire, and the protection of imports to Bushire.