Letter from William Bruce to Captain Hall, Commander of the HC Cruizer Nautilus
Scope & Content:
The letter regards two women and a servant, Almas. The Resident requests that they be put on shore, as they are subjects of Persia and therefore outside British jurisdiction; an application has been made by the Governor of Bushire, Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, for their release, as some Mogul Arab...
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to the Accountant General, Military Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the muster roll, bills, and accounts (not present) for the military disbursements at the Bushire station for May 1818. The letter is not dated, but the content and dates of the surrounding letters suggest that it was created in May 1818.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of instructions dated 14 March 1818, which instructed the Resident to stop sending monthly statements of actual receipts and disbursements as they arrive too late to be of use.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the account disbursements and vouchers (not present) for the Bushire Residency for May 1818. The dates of the surrounding letters, and internal evidence suggest that the date of this letter is either 7 or 17 July 1818.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing an itemised list of expenses for the entertainment of Mahmood Shah Beg at Bushire, and provides an explanation for why these expenses were not transmitted with the regular disbursements.