Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay, Political Department to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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Letter enclosing a letter to Abbas Meerza [Abbas Mirza] from Sir Evan Nepean, Governor of Bombay, with the request that Bruce forward it on. There is also a translation of the letter, which confirms that Mr Armstrong has been allowed to return to Persia to be employed by Abbas Meerza.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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Letter acknowledging a letter to the Military Department dated 16 May 1816 and approving of Bruce's disposal of gifts from the Governor of the Dashtee [Dashti]
Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts at Bombay to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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Letter forwarding the audit of the Bushire Residency accounts for February and March 1816. The audit is included and contains details of the audited items with remarks and orders of government.
Letter from Anathoon Constantine, merchant at Bushire, to Richard Sharp, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
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Letter requesting a report on the seaworthiness of the ship Sophia as he is planning to use it to send to Bombay forty horses belonging to the East India Company.
Letter from Thomas M Weguelen, Commissary General at Fort William [Calcutta], to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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Letter acknowledging receipt of letters dated 1 July, 22 September and 1 October 1814 regarding the shipment of sulphur from Bushire to Fort William . The letter also informs Bruce that the quality of subsequent shipments of sulphur was inferior and will no longer be required.