'Book No: 15 (Inward) for the years 1813-1814'

Content

The volume contains mainly letters addressed to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire at the time. Bruce was Acting Resident until 1812, but in this volume he is still often referred to as Acting Resident. A few letters are written to James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took temporary charge of 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. while Bruce was away from Bushire. The letters are mainly from the Secretaries of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . Subjects relating directly to 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. include: accounts; military and marine expenses. Broader themes within the letters include the diplomatic relations with Persia and the Wahabee [Wahhabis], the procurement of sulphur for its use in gunpowder, the silk and horse trades, and the threat of Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. pirates to British trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Extent and format

1 volume, 174 items (149 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from Thomas White, Paymaster-General at Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Vice Admiral Samuel Hood to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Adam, Secretary to the Government at Fort William, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Military Board at Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Thomas Smee, Captain of HCC Benares, Bushire, to James Orton Esquire, in Charge of the Bushire Residency

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Charles Norris, Acting Deputy Military Paymaster-General at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Accountant General, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Circular from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Captain Hicks, Commander of the Ship Union , to James Orton, Acting Resident

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Letter from Captain James Jeakes to James Orton, Acting Resident

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Letter from James Jeakes, Captain of the East India Company Cruiser Mornington, to James Orton, Assistant in Charge of the Residency

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Letter from John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Major William Smith, Commissary of Stores at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from to Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra], to James Orton, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Charles Norris, Deputy Military Paymaster-General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Charles Norris, Deputy Military Paymaster-General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Smith, Major of Artillery and Commissary of Stores at Bombay, to the British Resident at Busheer [Bushire]

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Letter from John Elphinston, Auditor of Civil Accounts at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Cowper, Commissary General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babingten [Babington], Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babingten [Babington], Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babingten [Babington], Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babingten [Babington], Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from J Stewart, Deputy Assistant to the Commissariat Department at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babingten [Babington], Secretary to the Governmentat Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Charles Norris, Acting Deputy Military Paymaster-General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to Governent at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Bebington [Babington], Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Thomas Johnson, Commander, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Watson Henshaw, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in Charge at Bussora [Basra] to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Watson Henshaw to the Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Government Advertisement from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts at Bombay Castle

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to James Orton, Assistant in Charge at the Residency at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Account at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from J Herriman, late Commander of the Ship Ahmed Shah, at Bushire, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Watson Henshaw, at Asseloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh], to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Morier, encamped at Aberan, on the frontiers of Georgia and Persia, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Morier, encamped at Aberan, on the frontiers of Georgia and Persia, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Charles Norris, Deputy Paymaster-General, at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from J H Pelly, Deputy Military Paymaster General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Smith, Military Paymaster General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from E. Wyatt, Captain of the Bengal , to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from John Smith, Military Paymaster General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from C J Maillard, Commander, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Gideon Colquhoun, in Charge at Bussora [Basra], to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Sherer, Civil Auditor at Fort William, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from J H Pelly, Deputy Military Paymaster General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from J Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator at the Office of Country Correspondence at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from R Morgan, Acting Assistant to the Superintendent at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden. Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Circular letter from John Kaye, Chief Secretary at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from J H Pelly, Deputy Military Paymaster General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from James Farish, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from G H Russell, Collector at Masulipatam, to the Resident at Abbooshar

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, f 100

Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 100v-102v

Letter from John Smith, Military Paymaster General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 102v-103

Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 103-104

Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, f 104

Letter from James Farish, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, f 104 1

Letter from James Farish, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, f 105

Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, f 105 1

Letter from Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 105v-106

Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, f 106

Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, f 106v-108v

Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 108v-110

Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay Castle, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 110-111v

Letter from John Hinde Pelly, Deputy Paymaster General at Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 111v-112

Arrangement

Two different hands have written the volume, one from folios 1-40, and the second from folio 41 until the end. In the first instance, earlier letters are grouped under headings either upon order of receipt or of transcription; heading dates start from 14 August 1813, but the actual letters are from 2 April 1813.

From folio 41 the correspondence is in chronological order, and letters are up to 28 December 1814.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: there is an original pagination, written in ink in the top right of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and the top left of each verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. . It starts on the first letter with 1 and continues until page 213.

The volume has been foliated in pencil, circled, in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering begins with the first letter with 1; then 2-94; 95-95a; and then runs through to 138, which is the last number given on the first blank page at the end of the volume. There are seven blank pages at the beginning and three at the end of the volume.

Condition: the item has suffered from insect damage and the paper is very fragile in some parts. Some folios are glued and cannot be read.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter book

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/15

History of this record

Date(s)

2 Apr 1813-29 Nov 1814 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Wool trade

Places

AssalooBandar AbbasKhenCamaran

People & organisations

Resident, MuscatGovernment of Bombay, Military DepartmentGovernment of Bombay, Commercial DepartmentVestal, brigGovernment of Bombay, Military BoardAhmed Shah, boatDaria Beggy, ship owned by Muḥammad Nabī KhānErnaad, timber-shipLovely Tish, Bombay Country ShipHMS Minden, third rate shipMornington, sloop-of-warGovernment of Bombay, Military Paymaster GeneralResidency Surgeon, Persian GulfHM Ambassador to IranBenares, sloopPrince of Wales, sloopHelen, merchant shipEssex, shipResident, BussoraEliza, country shipGovernment of Bombay, Commissary-GeneralBombay Marine Board, SecretaryBombay Marine Board, Assistant SecretaryGovernment of Bombay, Agent for the Manufacture of GunpowderGovernment of Bombay, Assistant Deputy Paymaster-GeneralMarine Agent, Persian GulfGovernment of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentGovernment of Bombay, Secretary to the Financial, Public, Revenue and Judicial DepartmentsGovernment of Bombay, Political DepartmentMuḥammad Nabī KhānSir John Malcolm, KnightImam Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Muḥammed bin Sa'ūd Āl Sa'ūd, Ruler of the First Saudi StateShaikh Abdullah bin Qasim bin Qurush Āl Qāsimī, Representative of the Āl Qāsimī tribeStephen Watson Hull HenshawĀl Qawāsim (Tribe)

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