Letter to Sir Gore Ouseley, Baronet, Tabreez [Tabriz]
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The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication dated 8 March 1812, and notes that it arrived the day William Bruce sailed for Bombay. The reply explains the arrangements that have been made to transport sabres from the Bushire to Tabrez [Tabriz] and also explains why William Bruce ha...
Letter to Thomas White, Military Paymaster General, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing a list of bills transmitted to Bombay from the Bushire Residency with dates, along with a list of drafts that cannot be found, in response to communications dated 24 March, and 31 July 1812. There is no signature to the letter, but it is in all probabilty written by Will...
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Captain Waddington
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The letter is informing the Captain that the Resident is not aware of any risk of piracy from 'this side of the Gulf', in all likelihood referring to the Persian side.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Captain E Wyatt
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Letter regarding a previous unresponded to letter and his uncertainty as to whom expenses for horses belonging to the East India Company, and left in his care, should be sent to. The letter also gives details on the state of the horses and asks where they should be sent to.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to Stephen Watson Henshaw
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The letter discusses reports that Stephen Watson Hensaw beat a man named Congee in a disagreement about debts and advising Mr Henshaw that he is not above the law and requesting a settlement between him and Congee.
Letter from James Morier, Tehran to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter concerns the transfer of ordnance stores from India for the use of the Persian Government. It notes that the Resident should insure that the goods are fully paid for before they are transferred to the Persian authorities. The letter has five enclosures, which are listed below: 1. A c...
Letter from James Morier, Tehran to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is informing the Resident that Lieutenant Willock is returning to Bushire in charge of an escort of cavalry, which had been attached to the British Mission to the Court of Persia. It is noted that Richard Sharpe, Assistant Surgeon, will also be returning with the force. William Bruce i...
Letter from Henry Willock, Tabriz to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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The letter is requesting that, as Henry Willock has taken up the post of Britain's Ambassador to Persia, the Resident should communicate with the author in future on Persian affairs which may be of interest to the British Government.