Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter forwards an extract copy of a paragraph, dated 12 July 1810, which will be inserted into the next general letter from the Court of Directors of the East India Company. Extract not included.
Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Assistant in Charge of the Residency, Bushire
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Letter acknowledges the receipt of Bruce's letter, dated 17 January 1811, which reported the arrival of a French emissary at Sherazz [Shiraz]. Warden conveys the Governor in Council's approval regarding Bruce's vigilance in tracing the emissary's progress and reporting his acts.
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter expresses the Governor in Council's surprise that Bruce has forwarded no account of sales since May 1810. Includes a copy of a letter, dated 20 February 1811, from John Elphinston, Accountant General, Bombay, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, regarding the same matter.
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter encloses a copy of letter, dated 28 February 1811, from General John Malcolm, Bombay, to Newnham, regarding whether a piece of broadcloth was returned to Bushire.
Letter from Stephen Babington, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter acknowledges Bruce's letter of 5 February 1811 and asks Bruce to report on how the Joasimese [Āl Qāsimī] tribe called Ejmaun [Ajman] could have escaped the notice of Captain John Wainwright and Colonel Smith.
Letter from Stephen Babington, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledges Bruce's letter of 24 April 1811 and informs Bruce that as the Political Residency at Bushire has been abolished from 29 March 1811, it is probably not expected that Bruce continue his correspondence with the Supreme Government.
Letter from Stephen Babington, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledges the receipt of Bruce's letter of 22 April 1811 and informs Bruce that English translations ought to have accompanied the receipts for the guns and small arms delivered to the Government of Bombay.