Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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Notification that Stannus had furnished Lieutenant George Barnes Brucks commanding HCC (the Honourable Company's Cruiser) Discovery with various presents for use in the course of his survey of the Persian coast. The letter is followed by the list of presents, dated 15 April 1826.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Covering letter for stationery indented for [requisitioned] on 23 July 1825 and conveyed to Bushere [Bushire] by HCC (the Honourable Company's Cruiser) Amherst.
Political Department letter no. 21 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Informing him of the appointment of Essai Johannes, the Residency Broker, as Cashier to the Mission to Teheran [Tehran], with Jospeh Lazar acting as his replacement at Bushire.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Military Accountant General
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Covering letter for abstracts [not transcribed] for medical allowance on account of the detachment of the Marine Battalion doing duty at the Residency from 18 December 1823 to 31 March 1826.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain C J Maillard, commanding the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Amherst
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Stannus requests permission for the Assistant Surgeon of the Amherst to attend to the sick at the Residency until the arrival of Mr Johnson, who had been appointed by Government to deputise for James Pringle Riach, Assistant Surgeon at the Residency, during Riach's absence in the interior with Li...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to James Farish, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Stannus forwards statements (not transcribed) of imports and exports in British ships for the year ending 31 December 1825. The letter accuses Abdool Russool Khan [‘Abd al-Rasūl] of discriminating against British ships by confining freight in silk and treasure to his own vessels.
Political Department letter no 26 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Stannus requests authorisation for the payment of a monthly allowance of fifteen rupees to the Residency shroff [cashier].
Political Department letter no. 28 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Stannus reports that Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald had left Bushire that morning on his route to Teheran [Tehran].
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to the General Paymaster, Bombay
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Notifying the receipt from Lieutenant George Barnes Brucks of a payment for treasure shipped on board the Honourable Company's Surveying Ship Discovery for Bombay.