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1. IOR/R/15/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1
Title:
Vol 1 Letters inward and outward
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent from and received at the East India Company's Bushire Residency from the establishment of the settlement in early 1763 until late 1788. The letters are mostly between the Residency and the Agency in Basra or the Presidency at Bombay, but there are several letters fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1763-6 Dec 1788
Extent:
2 volumes in one slipcase (453 items (249 folios))

2. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 78-79v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 78-79v
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter covers various subjects: the author's response to recent complaints about the tone of his letters made by Wrench; the arrival from Carrack [Kharg] Island of the Dutch writer, John Jacob Christant, seeking compensation for what was stolen from him by the English during the withdrawal f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1765
Extent:

2 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 225v
Title:
Letter from Yezd to the Residency at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is likely to be from the Company's agent in Yezd who was responsible for buying and selling in the Company's interests and would probably have been Armenian. Note that the letter was received on 31 January 1767 so is likely to have been written in early January 1767. The letter conc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1767
Extent:

1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 51v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 51v
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty, at Bussora [Basra], to Charles Watkins, Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter wishes William Francklin success in his trip to Shyrauz [Shiraz] to procure plant specimens for the botanical garden in Bengal.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1787
Extent:

1 folio

5. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 110v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 110v
Title:
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, to Captain Leslie
Scope & Content:
The letter is the order to land soldiers and musicians at Bushire to accompany George Skipp to Schirass [Shiraz].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1767
Extent:

1 folio

6. IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 42v-43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 42v-43
Title:
Letter from John McKenley, to James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter explains that the vessels currently anchored in the shelter of the Bushire bay were brought there due to high winds and insufficient sails. The author also predicts that the coming two months are going to bring unsettled weather.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1768
Extent:

2 folios

7. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 46 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 46 2
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty, East India Company Agent at Bussore [Basra] to Edward Galley, East India Company Resident at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter confirms the receipt of letters.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1787
Extent:

1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 48v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 48v
Title:
Letter from Samuel Manesty, East India Company Agent at Bussora [Basra], to Edward Galley, East India Company Resident, and Charles Watkins, Factor, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter gives congratulations to Charles Watkins on his appointment as Resident at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1787
Extent:

1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 80

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 80
Title:
Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for some accounts.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1765
Extent:

1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/1, f 133 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 133 1
Title:
Letter from William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, James Morley, to George Skipp, at Shiraz
Scope & Content:
The letter is cover for a packet.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1767
Extent:

1 folio