Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain L Stewart, Deputy Assistant, Commissariat Department, Fort St George
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Letter in response to Stewart's letter of 5 February 1814. William Bruce gives replies to Stewart's questions regarding the availability and prices of horses on the Persian market.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter confirms the arrival of the Lovely Tish and the receipt of a consignment of gun carriages and tumbrils. William Bruce confirms that the conductor responsible for putting together the gun carriages and tumbrils is to return to the Presidency on the same ship.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter relates to payments made to Mohummed Nebbe Khan [Muhammad Nabi Khan, former Governor of Bushire]'s agent in Calcutta [Kolkata]. William Bruce responds to a Government command from 19 April 1814, which asked him to explain certain details such as why the agent in Calcutta was paid for a sum...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government
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Letter encloses a copy of a translation of a letter, dated 8 September 1814, from Shaik Hassan ben Rahma [Shaikh Hasan bin Rahma] the Joassemee [Āl Qāsimī] Chief, to William Bruce, in which the Shaikh denies having captured any boats with British passes or colours. Bruce states his intentions to ...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government
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Letter encloses a copy of a letter to William Bruce from Captain Wyatt, who has recently been purchasing horses and mares for the Company's stud in Bengal. Enclosure not included.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter relates to the visit of Mirza Sadiq and Mahomed Sadiq to the Court of Hyderabad. William Bruce acknowledges instructions from the Supreme Government to discourage as much as possible any future visits made by Persians to Hyderabad.