Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Fort William, Calcutta [22v] (1/1)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 8 Feb 1811. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The letter is enclosing a copy of a communication (not present) from Sir Harford Jones [Brydges] and William Bruce's reply (see f. 19-19v). The subject matter is the destruction of the old factory An East India Company trading post. at Bushire. The letter further notes that work on the replacement house has not yet began, as the Governor of Bushire is awaiting more favourable weather, and the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. is still housed in tents as a result.
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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Fort William, Calcutta [22v] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/12, f 22v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023623329.0x000033> [accessed 25 April 2024]
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- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Fort William, Calcutta
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- 22v
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