Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter concerns the whereabouts of various East India Company ships and the timing of dispatches to Bussora [Basra]. William Bruce states that he hopes that the Board will approve of his sending dispatches as early as possible rather than waiting to hear from the Assistant in Charge at Bussora.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, Currently at Shiraz, to Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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Letter concerns the transmission of Ahmed Iben Seyf's note to William Smith of Calcutta [Kolkata], which William Bruce is under orders to return to Ahmed Iben Seyf.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Major William Smith, Commissary of Stores, Bombay
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Letter confirms the receipt of ordnance and stores, which were sent from Bombay on the Lovely Tish. The letter is preceded by a list of items forwarded (on the same ship) to Sir Evan Nepean, President and Governor in Council, Bombay.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government
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Letter reports the return of Stephen Watson Henshaw from Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], and lists all of the items that Henshaw was able to recover from Abdella ben Ahmed [Abdullah bin Ahmad]. William Bruce recounts further details of Henshaw's mission, including the views of various chiefs along th...