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IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 13v-15
- Record Id:
- 041-002448205
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000035803.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024197022.0x000084
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 13v-15
- Title:
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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
- Scope & Content:
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The letter is directing the Resident not to purchase any more sulphur [sulfur] and enclosing letters relating to the matter.
1. Copy of a letter from James Young, Assistant Secretary to Government at Fort William, to James Farish, dated 27 [? December] 1816, stating that sulphur can be obtained more cheaply and at better quality in Fort William;
2. Letter from John Studholm Brownrigg, Secretary of the Military Board, to Charles Wrighte Gardiner, dated 10 December 1816, requesting that no more suplhur be sent. This letter in turn encloses the following three items:
3. Letter from Thomas Matthias Weguelen, Commissary General at Fort William, to Captain Brownrigg, dated 9 December 1816, describing the poor quality of sulphur received from Bushire on board the Harriet.
4. Letter from Andrew Allen, Sub Assistant Commissary General, to Thomas Matthias Weguelen, dated 8 December 1816, reporting results from refining the sulphur.
5. Letter from Archibald Galloway, Ishapore, to Andrew Allen, dated 4 December 1816, reporting that the sulphur is so impure it cannot be used for gunpowder manufacture.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227428
038-000227440
040-000227450
041-002448205 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/10-37 : Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
IOR/R/15/1/19 : Vol 19 Letters inward
IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 13v-15 : Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0010]/040-000227450[0027]/041-002448205
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 3 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000159.0x0003e7
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1817
- End Date:
- 1817
- Date Range:
- 28 Jan 1817
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Condition: Numerous words throughout the letter and its enclosure have been obscured owing to insect damage.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)