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41. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 10v-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 10v-11
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, acknowledges a request for an account of presents made and received during the past official year. He encloses a statement (not included) of the presents made and states that no presents were received during this period.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

42. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 12v-13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 12v-13
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses copies of letters (not included) which he received the previous day from Major General Sir William Grant Keir. Bruce states that he will comply with Keir's letters by joining the force off the Island of Khen [Qeys]. Bruce refers to Keir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

43. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 13v-14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 13v-14
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to James Bruce Simson, Secretary to the Government
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, acknowledges the receipt of Government circular demands, dated 17 December 1819, and agrees to comply with their request that casualties among the medical gentlemen of the army who are employed in civil and marine capacities should in future be ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

44. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 23v-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 23v-24
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, reports that the artificers who arrived at Bushire on board the Honourable Company cruiser, the Teignmouth, on 21 February, had lost over board their tools, their copper cooking utensils and their own private clothing. Bruce asks for the lost to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

45. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 24v-25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 24v-25
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, encloses a transmission of a dispatch to the Persian Secretary to the Supreme Government, dated 26 February. The dispatch, which is addressed to George Swinton, precedes this letter. In the dispatch, Bruce acknowledges the receipt of Supreme Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Feb 1820
Extent:
2 folios

46. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 26v-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 26v-27
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
This letter relays accounts received from the broker at Katife [Al-Qatif]. According to the broker, the young pretender to the Wahabee [Wahhābī] chieftainship is expected daily at Saheessa [Al-Ahsa?]. William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, reports that the former Governor of Katife, Shaik Saddoon, s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1820
Extent:
2 folios

47. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 27v-28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 27v-28
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, states that a private correspondent has informed him that His Royal Highness the Prince, who is assembling troops for the expedition to Bahrain, has received instructions not to allow any of his troops to embark until His Highness has agreed to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1820
Extent:
2 folios

48. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 29v-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 29v-30
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, reports the loss of the Honourable Company cruiser Ariel, which foundered in a squall about fifteen miles south east of Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk], on its way from Bussora [Basra] to Bushire, on the morning of 18 March 1820. Bruce states that on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1820
Extent:
2 folios

49. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 30v-31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 30v-31
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Major General William Grant Keir
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, responds to an enquiry into the cost of procuring and sending to Calcutta some mares and a few desert Arab stallions. Bruce acknowledges that the rates that he has given may appear high, but he explains that this is due to the high rate of frei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1820
Extent:
2 folios

50. IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 31v-33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 31v-33
Title:
Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, relays news, received from Major General Sir William Grant Keir, that His Royal Highness the Prince [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā, Governor of Fars] has disbanded his forces and given up his intentions regarding Bahrain. Bruce states that he went to Ahram...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1820
Extent:
3 folios