Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter acknowledges instructions to provide an annual supply of native sulphur for the use of the Madras Government. William Bruce reports that the working of the mines in the Dashtee [Dashti] district has been interrupted by conflict in that region. He goes on to state that a supply of sulphur i...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter concerns Government commands for documents relating to the former Marine Agent, Stephen Watson Henshaw, including an account current covering the period of his employment, and an account current for a consignment of arrack. William Bruce reports that he has called on Henshaw to draw up the...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire, to William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter acknowledges the receipt of William Newnham's letter of 11 March 1813, which informed William Bruce that George Brown had been given permission by the East India Company to visit the country situated on the east of the Caspean [Caspian] Sea.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter concerns Captain Stewart, Deputy Assistant in the Commissariat Department, Madras, who has been authorised to correspond with Bruce on the matter of procuring and conveying horses to Madras. Bruce agrees to assist Stewart in procuring suitable vessels.