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11. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 24-25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 24-25
Title:
Letter No. 323: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the India Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This letter is a copy. Samuel Hennell acknowledges the receipt of John Patterson Porter's letter of the same date (see the previous item in this file), which included Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners's report of his search for the pirates who recently plundered a Bushire vessel off the river ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1850
Extent:
2 folios

12. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 33-34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 33-34
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of HC Brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
James Tronson acknowledges the receipt of John Patterson Porter's letters, dated 27 August and 4 September respectively. Tronson describes how he went to Debai [Dubai], accompanied by the Native Agent of Shargah [Sharjah], and delivered Samuel Hennell's letter to Sheik Mucktoom [Sheikh Maktoum bi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1850]
Extent:
2 folios

13. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 36-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 36-37
Title:
Letter No. 392: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter acknowledges the receipt of John Patterson Porter's letter of 22 October 1850, which announced the arrival of the HC steam frigate Auckland. Hennell requests that the Auckland embark on a mission, accompanied by the Tigris and the Euphrates, to obtain the payment of 600 dollars as the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1850
Extent:

2 folios

14. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 38-39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 38-39
Title:
Letter No. 393: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell refers to a letter from Lieutenant James Tronson to John Patterson Porter, in which Tronson stated that the only instructions he had received were to act in case of a disturbance with Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]. Hennell states that the principal object for which a squadron is main...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1850
Extent:
2 folios

15. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 46-47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 46-47
Title:
Letter from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
John Patterson Porter forwards an extract of a letter, dated 20 November 1850, from Commander Archibald MacDonald of the HC sloop of war Clive. In the extract, MacDonald confirms that he delivered 300 dollars to the Native Agent at Muscat and made enquiries regarding the soor boat that was plunde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1850
Extent:
2 folios

16. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 10A-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 10A-11
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell encloses a copy of a letter (not included) from Hennell to Lieutenant James Tronson, requesting that Tronson proceed to Bassidore, via Shargah [Sharjah]. Hennell states that, owing both to the absence of his assistant, Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, who is on duty at Bagdad, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1850
Extent:
3 folios

17. IOR/R/15/1/122, f 30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, f 30
Title:
Letter from Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell acknowledges the receipt of John Patterson Porter's letter of 26 August 1850. Hennell refers to a breach of the Maritime Truce by subjects of Sheik Mukhtoom [Sheikh Maktoum bin Butti bin Sohal] of Debaye [Dubai]. The subjects are alleged to have seized a number of Aboothabee [Abu D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1850
Extent:
1 folio

18. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 2-5v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 2-5v
Title:
Letter No. 1: Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
John Patterson Porter refers to Hennell's requisition, no. 305 of 1849, and informs Samuel Hennell of his recent movements. Porter explains that he has dispatched Messrs Lewis, Brown and Bennett on the commission to Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The letter goes on to relay information obtaine...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1850
Extent:
3 folios

19. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 12-20v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 12-20v
Title:
Letter No. 18: Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
John Patterson Porter acknowledges the receipt of Samuel Hennell's letter, no. 229, dated 19 June 1850, and gives details of how he has carried out Hennell's instructions and visited each port in turn. He reports on his meetings with the chiefs of the coast. Porter relays information obtained fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1850
Extent:
9 folios

20. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 43-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 43-44
Title:
Letter No. 17: Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the HC Brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
James Tronson refers to instructions conveyed by Samuel Hennell (see the previous item in this file). Tronson confirms that he has delivered the bag of 600 German crowns to the Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], Moolah Hussein [Mullah Husain], and goes on to provide information regarding relation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1850
Extent:
2 folios