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31. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 20-20v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 20-20v
Title:
Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Grant Keir writes to inform Bruce that Captain Collier has diverted the Honourable Company's cruizer Teignmouth to Bushire, to enable Bruce to re-join the expedition on the Persian coast. Grant Keir also requests that Bruce look at the accompanying dispatch from Major Willock (not included in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1820
Extent:

1 folio

32. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 21 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 21 2
Title:
Letter from Captain Waterman, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
In his letter Waterman requests an anchor for his vessel the Volunteer, which he will return or pay for once he reaches Bombay.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1820
Extent:

1 folio

33. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 29-29v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 29-29v
Title:
Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
In the letter Willock writes to inform Bruce of the news that has reached him of the death of King George [III] of Great Britain, on 29 January 1820. Willock also comments on the news of the 'severe indisposition' of the current monarch [George IV].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1820
Extent:
1 folio

34. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 31 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 31 2
Title:
Letter from John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns Bruce's draft to the military pay master dated 7 February 1819, for an advance of 687 rupees to Lieutenant McDonald. Wedderburn asks who the amount is to be accounted for.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1820
Extent:
1 folio

35. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 31v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 31v
Title:
Letter from Captain Evan Jervis, Acting Paymaster, to the Acting Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
In the letter Jervis states that he has been advised that cash to pay the troops and cruizers stationed at Ra's al-Khaymah will need to be raised in the Persian Gulf. Jervis asks whether this is possible, and also requests information on the exchange rates of rupees against Spanish dollars, and G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1820
Extent:
1 folio

36. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 33v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 33v
Title:
Letter from James Bruce Simson, Secretary to Government, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a circular stating that the Governor in Council considers it highly objectionable that any alterations be made to the distribution of salaries, or the designated number of active officers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1820
Extent:
1 folio

37. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 36v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 36v
Title:
Letter from George Forster Sadleir, to The Officer in Charge of the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
In the letter Sadleir writes with reference to a previous letter sent to the Residency, that he fears may not have arrived. Sadleir therefore repeats his request in this letter: to discontinue the part wages to the families of those servants that accompanied him in his journey through Arabia, and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1820
Extent:
1 folio

38. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 55v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 55v
Title:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, sent with copies of a proclamation (not included in the volume) declaring that the port of Mocho [Al-Mukhā], and all other places belonging to the Imam of Sanna [Ṣanʻā'] in the Gulf of Arabia are in a state of blockade until further orders.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1820
Extent:
1 folio

39. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 4-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 4-12
Title:
Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Keir reports that, in the wake of the submission of the Sheikh of Ra's al-Khaymah, he has signed a preliminary General Treaty with some of the rulers of the Arab coast, as well as Preliminary Treaties with the individual rulers, to accommodate specific matters. Keir also writes of negotiations b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1820
Extent:

9 folios

40. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 36v-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 36v-37
Title:
Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, to the Acting Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the raising of finances to pay British forces in the Gulf. Thompson encloses a letter from Evan Jervis (not included in the file), the Acting Paymaster with the British force at Ra's al-Khaymah, requesting information on the prospects of raising money at Bushire to pay the tro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1820
Extent:
2 folios