Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter forwards a copy of a letter, dated 17 November 1810, from F[rancis] Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to John Elphinstone [Elphinston], Civil Auditor, which sets out the Government's regulations regarding pension payments.
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter in response to Bruce's letter of 19 December 1811. Subjects include unsold woollen goods, the retention of native officers at Bushire, and the protection of imports to Bushire.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire
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Letter refers to Bruce's letter of 3 December 1812, which reported that on his return voyage to Bushire, his ship, the Duncan, was attacked by pirates. Warden states that the Ternate cruizer has been dispatched under the command of Lieutenant Henry Davidson, in order to protect British trade in t...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter encloses a copy of a letter from the Assistant in Charge at Basra [Bussora] requesting 20,000 rupees in cash and asks that the enclosed letter be complied with.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay
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Letter enclosing a copy of a letter to the British Minister at the Court of Persia, for the information of the Governor of Bombay (letter not enclosed).
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of County Correspondence
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The letter confirms that a letter and gifts from the Governor [of Bombay] to Shaikh Kulfan [Shaikh Khalfan, chieftain of Asseloo [Bandar-e ‘Asalūyeh], have been delivered. The letter and gifts were to thank him for his assistance following the shipwrecking of the Ahmed Shah on the island of Khen ...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to James Morier, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia
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Letter in response to a command not to trade any of the ordnance or military stores unless fully reimbursed. Bruce goes on to detail the sale of ordnance to the Nizam-ad-Daula [Nizam ud Dowlah - title] but confirms no future deals will take place unless he is fully reimbursed.
