Letter from Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in charge at the Bushire Residency to Thomas White, Military Paymaster General
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication dated 20 February 1812. The recipient is directed to seek a full reply from William Bruce; it notes that the Acting Resident is currently in Bombay.
Letter from Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in charge at the Bushire Residency to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter concerns a dispute between Captain Clements and an unnamed Karack [Bandar-e Chārak] pilot. The dispute centres around the captain's refusal to pay pilotage charges, and his punishment of the aforementioned pilot by discharging him at Bussora [Basra]. The details and possible implicatio...
Letter from Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in charge at the Bushire Residency to Sir Gore Ouseley, Baronet
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The letter concerns the sale of Sir Gore Ouseley's bills and the suitability of Bushire as a site for the sale of such bills. It also requests instructions relating to a number of matters, such as what to do with Sir Gore Ouseley's wine, which is stored at the Residency. It notes the fall of th...
Letter from Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in charge at the Bushire Residency to Sir Gore Ouseley, Baronet
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The letter informs Sir Gore Ouseley that the Bombay Government has appointed Thomas Flower as Resident at Bushire and William Bruce as his assistant on an enhanced salary; it mentions that the Lieutenant is likely to be asked to fill the post of Acting Assistant or Commander of the Guard. As a r...
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, Commander in Chief in the East Indies
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The letter is confirming that a communication for the Court of Persia, delivered to Bushire by HMS Hesper, has arrived and been forwarded to its final destination. It also informs the Vice-Admiral of the increase of 'pirate activity' in the Gulf, and encloses a copy of the Resident's letter to Ca...
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter reports that a cargo boat conveying supplies to the Country Ship Duncan has encountered a violent gale, that four out of the eight men that were on board are missing, and that the bales of gum armonial [gum ammoniac] it was carrying were washed overboard.