Letter from N B Edmonstone, Secretary at Fort St George, to William Bruce, Resident at Abusheher
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Letter from N B Edmonstone, Secretary at Fort St George, to William Bruce, Resident at Abusheher [Bushire], acknowledging the receipt of dispatches, informing that the Governor hadn't received any accounts of the disbursements for Sir Harford Jones's mission, approving of the mission of Moonshee...
Letter from Sir Harford Jones at Tauris to the Resident or Acting Resident at Bushire
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Letter from Sir Harford Jones at Tauris [Tabriz, Iran] to the Resident or Acting Resident at Bushire, informing that a payment of 10,000 Persian Thomans [Tomans] was made from the account of the Company to Hajee Mohammed Hossein Khan Ameen ed Dowlah [Haji Mohammed Hussein Khan Amin ad Daula], an...
Letter from Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in charge at the Bushire Residency to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter is confirming the arrival at Bushire of Meerza Mohadee, Confidential Agent to the Armeen u Dowlah. It notes that passage to India has been arranged for him, but that a request for the voyage to be funded out of the Residency funds has been refused.
Letter from Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in charge at the Bushire Residency to Sir Gore Ouseley, Baronet
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The letter concerns a payment to be made to Meerza Mahadee, and his refusal to accept the part of the payment in Chihar Sicca (also spelt Chiahar Sica), having produced a royal order forbidding the acceptance of the currency; it notes the Lieutenant's suspicions that the order in question has be...
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 Bengal and Bombay bills, along with Musilipitam [Machilipatnam] bills; it is noted that the demand for Bengal and Bombay bills is exceeding supply at Bushire. It also mentions that Major D'Arcy has recommended that Lieutenant Robert Taylor should be appointed to Si...
Letter from Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in charge at the Bushire Residency to Sir Gore Ouseley, Baronet
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The letter covers a numbers of topics. Firstly, it explains that as winter is drawing in, the Lieutenant thinks awaiting instructions concerning twenty five British soldiers sent to join the force at Tabreez [Tabriz] will cause them unnecessary hardship. As a result, he has decided to send them t...
Letter from Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in charge at the Bushire Residency to the Military Paymaster, Bombay
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The letter outlines the sort of bills to be forwarded from the Bushire Residency. It also encloses the muster roll and abstract of batta (not present) for the guard at Bushire.
