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31. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 8a-8c

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 8a-8c
Title:
Letter from William Cowper, Commissary General, Bombay to Captain Henry Lindsay, Madras Horse Artillery, Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Captain that only five of the seventy-six horses he has sent to Bushire have been deemed fit enough for service with the 17th Light Dragoons. Contained in the letter is an offer to purchase some of the remaining horses for service within other regiments.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1814
Extent:

2 folios

32. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 14-15
Title:
Letter from James Morier, Tehran to William Bruce, HC Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that due to the risks of travel during winter, the departure from Tabreez [Tabriz] of a British detachment, which is being returned to India, has been delayed until 10 February 1811. It also mentions that the Persian Government has requested to retain the serv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1814
Extent:

2 folios

33. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 27a-28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 27a-28
Title:
Letter from William Cowper, Commissary General, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a copy (see pages 8a-8c) of the committee's report into the seventy-six horses dispatched by Captain Lindsay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Dec 1814
Extent:

1 folio

34. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 39-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 39-44
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns a resurgence of piracy in the Persian Gulf. It instructs the Resident to inform the chiefs of Khoor Husson and Rusel Khymas [Ra's al-Khaymah] that the East India Company will no longer tolerate acts of piracy. Letters providing background information behind this decision have...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1815
Extent:

3 folios

35. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 53-55a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 53-55a
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a copy of a communication received by Francis Warden from Henry Meriton, Superintendent of the Marine, dated 22 March 1815. The enclosed communication contains instructions to be passed on to Captain Hamilton, Commander of the HC Cruizer Aurora. The instructions order the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1815
Extent:

2 folios

36. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 58-60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 58-60
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Military Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a couple of communications concerning the shipment of native sulphur [sulfur] to India. It recommends that the Resident only ships sulphur on the company's cruizers or country ships in future. Two enclosures: 1. A copy of a letter from Edward Hutchins Ballassis [Bellasis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1815
Extent:

2 folios

37. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 93-95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 93-95
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is requesting an account current of supplies provided to the East India Company's cruizers employed in an expedition against the Joasmee [Qawāsim] pirates in 1809/10, along with receipts or vouchers for arrack supplied to HMS Lion and the British Embassy to Persia in 1811 and 1812 res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1815
Extent:

2 folios

38. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 96-98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 96-98
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is requesting the Resident's opinion on the amount of cargo the owners of the Duncan have forfeited, as a result of conveying an urgent packet to the Bombay Presidency. Enclosed with the letter is a copy of a letter from J J Cross, Supra Cargo of the Duncan to Francis Warden, dated 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1815
Extent:

2 folios

39. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 108-111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 108-111
Title:
Letter from Stephen Watson Henshaw, Bushire to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is sending a number of enclosures, in response to a request sent to the Resident by the Bombay Government, dated 8 July 1815 (see pp 93-95). It also contains an explanation for why he was not able to obtain vouchers for the arrack supplied to the British Persian Mission. The letter ha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1815
Extent:

3 folios

40. IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 116-117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 116-117
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is conveying the regret of the Governor of Bombay over the temporary removal of the factory from Bushire, as a result of the political circumstances in the town. It notes that the Governor does approve of the Resident's decision not to interfere with Persian politics.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1815
Extent:

2 folios