Letter No. 2 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to William Newnham, The Secretary to Government, Military Department, Bombay
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Letter acknowledging receipt of letter No.1787 and the authorisation granted therein to advance sums of money to the Commisssarial Agent in the Gulf as required.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, on board HC Cruizer Clive to His Excellency Major General Sir Thomas Bradford, Commander in Chief, Bombay
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Letter requesting that an application for furlough to Europe be submitted to the Governor in Council at Bombay.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Letter regarding a register of drafts sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald for forthcoming bills that he would be sending to the treasury at Bushire, and regarding the rate of exchange between Tomans and Rupees at that time. The letter also refers to the following enclosures which are no longer...
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Letter regarding sums of money which Colonel Macdonald had drawn on the treasury at Bushire, and enclosing a statement of the Cash remaining in deposit on account of the Mission to the Court of Persia.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Letter discussing bills drawn on the Bengal and Bombay Governments by the Mission to the Court of Persia; and the current rate of exchange and Colonel Stannus's inclination to wait until the Residency was in need of funds before exchanging the sums in order to perhaps obtain a more favourable ra...
Letter No. 93 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter regarding a communication received from the Agent at Baherin [Bahrain] that Bashire ben Rahma [Bashīr bin Rahma] had surrounded the fort at Daman [Dammam] which was occupied by Abdoola ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah].
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Letter informing Colonel Macdonald that a packet from him to the Government at Bombay had been lost in a Batille (boat) off Cape Rasulhad [Ra’s al Ḩadd], and that as the packet had arrived at Bushire on 5 October he estimated they had been written about the 27 or 28 August. The letter conclude...
