Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to R Morgan, Acting Assistant to the Superintendent
Scope & Content:
Letter in response to a request for a statement of William Bruce's services from his arrival in India up to the present period. Includes a statement of Bruce's employment, from his arrival in India in 1795, to his current position as Resident at Bushire.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire, to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter reports the arrival at Bushire of a Persian officer who has been nominated by the Prince at Sheraz [Shiraz] to take charge of the Bushire Government until the position is filled by the Court.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire, to James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter refers to commands from the Government of Bombay that William Bruce discontinue his purchases of raw silk on the grounds that the silk is of inferior quality. Bruce confirms that no more silk will be purchased until further notice.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Shiraz, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledges the receipt of a copy of the treaty made in 1806 between Captain David Seton and Sultan Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī], Chief of the Joasimese [Qawāsim].