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71. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 45
Title:
Letter no.222 of 1820, from James Farish, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt from Farish of Bruce's previous letters of 20 April and 5 May 1820, stating that the bills received have been duly honoured.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1820
Extent:
1 folio

72. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 46
Title:
Letter no.89 of 1820/21 from John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
In his letter Wedderburn requests that Bruce stop submitting monthly disbursements to his office, reverting instead to quarterly submissions.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1820
Extent:
1 folio

73. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 46v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 46v
Title:
Letter no.166 of 1820/21 from John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is related to Residency disbursements. Wedderburn states that Bruce's disbursements for April to June 1820 inclusive, will be transmitted once his department have received receipts for the sum of 6270 rupees, charged in March for His Majesty's mission in Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1820
Extent:
1 folio

74. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 47v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 47v
Title:
Letter from Sir Henry Willock, British Envoy to Persia, to James Dow, In Charge of the Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement from Willock of receipt of Bruce's letters dated 15 and 20 May 1820, and their accompanying packets.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1820
Extent:
1 folio

75. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 50
Title:
Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
In the letter Taylor informs Dow that there is a packet addressed to the Honourable the Governor in Council, presently on board the Udry, and requests that Bruce forward it to the Presidency on the Udry or the Benares, whichever is likely to reach Bombay first.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1820
Extent:
1 folio

76. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 53
Title:
Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the desertion of a sepoy guard at the British Residency in Basra. Taylor writes that on 10 September 1820 the sepoy, Syed Allee of the 4th Company of the Marine Batallion, escaped by boat under the pretence of having been given permission to examine the boats at port. It is s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1820
Extent:
1 folio

77. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 55
Title:
Letter no.1047 of 1820 from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract from a dispatch from the Honourable Court of Directors, dated 1 March 1820. The dispatch approves of the actions taken by Lieutenant Mallard, and agrees for his acquittal and restoration to duty. A note in the margin of the dispatch suggests t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1820
Extent:
1 folio

78. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 56
Title:
Letter from Captain Robert Taylor, Resident at Basra, to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request by Taylor, having received secret and important intelligence from the Resident at Baghdad, for Dow to send as many cruizers or other vessels as he can spare at Bushire to Basra.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1820
Extent:
1 folio

79. IOR/R/15/1/21, f 57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, f 57
Title:
Letter no.1323 of 1820 from James Henderson, Secretary to Government, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the receipt of presents from 'natives' by British officials. Henderson states that the Honourable Governor in Council has resolved to abolish the practice of selling presents from natives, and that in future, gifts may be retained for the purposes of being presented as gifts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1820
Extent:
1 folio

80. IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 16v-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/21, ff 16v-17
Title:
Letter from Major General William Grant Keir, on board His Majesty's Ship Liverpool, to Captain William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
Grant Keir writes of the changes to the restriction of vessels entering the ports of Bahrain, recommending the employment of His Majesty's ships in capturing and destroying the 'war vessels' of Rama ben Jaber.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1820
Extent:

2 folios