Letter No. 52, List of Sepoys of the Bushire Factory Guard returned to Bombay (on the Europa) and their Pay
Scope & Content:
A list of five sepoys of the Bushire Factory guard returned to Bombay. The list includes the sepoys' names, pay details and when they had originally left Bombay and arrived at Bushire.
Letter No. 28: William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Officials at Bussora [Basra], to John Beaumont, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the dispatch of a packet to Bombay on the Betsy and includes a paragraph from a letter, dated 29 April 1779, from His Majesty's Ambassador at the Port to the Consul at Aleppo.
Letter No. 29: William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Officials at Bussora [Basra], to [John Beaumont, Resident at Bushire]
Scope & Content:
This letter has no stated recipient, but like the previous letter in this volume, it is addressed to the Resident at Bushire, John Beaumont. The letter discusses the news that the Tankseer Caun has surprised the town of Bushire and has begun by force to extort money from the inhabitants. William...
Letter No. 32: William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Officials at Bussora [Basra] to John Beaumont, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter, received 10 November 1779, William Digges Latouche and George Abraham report on changes in government in Bagdat [Baghdad] and Bussora [Basra]. They state that all is quiet and that the Chief of the Chaub [Bani Ka'ab] has given his word to the Governor, Solimon Aga [Süleyman Pasha...
Letter No. 33: William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Residents at Bussora [Basra] to [John Beaumont, Resident at Bushire]
Scope & Content:
This letter, received 22 January 1780, has no stated recipient, but it appears to be addressed to the Resident at Bushire, John Beaumont. In the letter, William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Residents at Bussora [Basra], report that phirmands [firmans] were received the previous month from...
Letter No. 61: Roger Orford, to Edward Galley, Resident at Bushire, or William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra]
Scope & Content:
Roger Orford provides intelligence on the movement of French ships in the Gulf near Carrack [Bandar-e Chārak]. Orford states that, due to a hard easterly gale and a great swell, he can hardly write and that he hopes his message will be legible.
Letter No. 9: William Hornby, John Carnac, Charles Egerton and Daniel Draper, Council at Bombay Castle, to [John Beaumont and George Green, Residents at Bushire]
Scope & Content:
This letter has no stated recipient, but it would appear to be addressed to John Beaumont and George Green, East India Company officials at Bushire. The letter, received 14 October 1778, via the Eagle, notifies the recipients of the appointment of a Select Committee for transacting all political,...
Letter No. 24: William Digges Latouche and George Abraham, Officials at Bussora [Basra] to [John Beaumont, Resident at Bushire]
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This letter has no stated recipient, but it would appear to be addressed to John Beaumont, Resident at Bushire. In the letter William Digges Latouche and George Abraham request that Beaumont consign to Bombay the forty-four chests of Venice ware which are currently in Beaumont's possession. This...
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, requesting Bruce to report on the recovery of the expenses for the repairing of a ship belonging to the Shaikh of Bushire.
