The letter is explaining that the author has not been able to visit the Resident due to being unwell. The name of the author of the letter not legible owing to insect damage.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Watson Henshaw
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Letter concerns the wreck of the Ahmed Shah. William Bruce accepts Henshaw's offer to proceed to Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak] in order to recover property from the Ahmed Shah, which was wrecked on the night of 10 July 1814, off Khen [Qeys] Island. Bruce encloses a letter to Shaik Kulfan [Shaikh Kha...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Captain E Wyatt
Scope & Content:
Letter states that six mares have been sent on board the Fyzelkarim, and that a further twenty-one proceed on the bugalah [buggalow], Omeide. William Bruce states that fourteen mares remain in his charge at Bushire.
The letter is requesting that the Resident provides every assistance within his power to Sulliman Yacoli, who has entered into an agreement with the East India Company to provide one hundred horses. It specifically requests that a convoy be provided for the vessel that ships said horses from Bus...