Vol 18 Letters inward

Content

Volume of incoming copy correspondence to William Bruce, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from various correspondents within the East India Company discussing financial, administrative and political matters relating to the running 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. at Bushire. Particular attention throughout the correspondence is given to:

• Questions of Piracy in view of the raiding of East India Company vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
• The shipping of sulphur from Bushire to India
• Matters relating to the finances of the Bushire 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. .

Key correspondents include Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay; John Kaye, Accountant General at Bombay; James Farish, Secretary to the Government at Bombay and John Hinde Pelly, Deputy Military Paymaster General at Bombay.

Extent and format

1 volume, 127 items (95 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from Henry Willock, Tabriz to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 2 1

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

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Letter from Thomas Ross, Commander of the William Petrie to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 2v

Letter from Arrathoon Constantine to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Letter from Henry Willock, Tabriz to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 3

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 3v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 4-11

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 12 1

Letter from George Russell, Collector at Masulipatam [Machilipatnam] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 12 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 12v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 12v-14

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 14v-15

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 15-16

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 16v-21

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 21v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 21v-22

Letter from George Russell, Collector at Masulipatam [Machilipatnam] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 22v

Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay, Political Department to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 22v-23

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 23v 1

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 23v 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 23v-24

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 24

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 24-25

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 25

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 25v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 25v-26

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 26

Letter from R Armstrong to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 26v-27

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 27v

Letter from W C Capon to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 27v-28

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 28 1

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 28 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 28v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 29

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 29v-30

Letter from John Hine, Assistant at Baghdad to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 30v-31

Letter from Arrathoon Constantine to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 31 1

Letter from John Flockhart Longlands, Commander of the ship Faysalkarim to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 31 2

Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to Government at Bombay, Political Department to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 31v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 31v-32

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 32v-33

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 33v-34

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 34

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 34v 1

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 34v 2

Letter from Persian and Armenian merchants to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 34v-35

Letter from William Valgar, Commander of the ship Colonel Macauley to James Orton, in charge of the Bushire Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 35v

Letter from Thomas Blast, Commander of the Mercury to James Orton, in charge of the Bushire Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 36 1

Letter from Thomas Blast, Commander of the Mercury to James Orton, in charge of the Bushire Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 36 2

Letter from William Valgar, Commander of the ship Colonel Macauley to James Orton, in charge of the Bushire Residency

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 36v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 37

Audit of the Bushire Resident's disbursements July 1815 to January 1816

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 37-39

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 38v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 39

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 39v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 39v-40

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 40

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 41

Letter from George H Gall, Secretary of the Board of Superintendence to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 41v

Government Advertisement from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 41v-42

Letter from George Russell, Collector at Masulipatam [Michilipatnam] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 42

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 42v

Letter from J A Maude, Captain of the ship Favorite to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 42v-43

Letter from Henry Willock to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 43-47

Letter from George Russell, Collector at Masulipatam [Machilipatnam] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 47v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 47v-48

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 48

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 48v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 48v-49

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 49 1

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 49 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 49 3

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 49v-50

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 51

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 51-53

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 53v 1

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 53v 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 53v-55

Letter from Henry Willock, Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 55v

Letter from John Williams, Bombay Civil Servant, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 55v-56

Letter from six Bushire merchants, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 56

Letter from J A Maude, Captain of the ship Favorite , to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 56v 1

Letter from A G Haddington, Commander of the ship Kossorie , to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 56v 2

Letter from J Aitkin, Commander of the cruizer Ariel , to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 57 1

Letter from J Aitkin, Commander of the cruizer Ariel , to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 57 2

Letter from George Herbert Gall, Secretary to the Board of Superintendence, to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 57v-58

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 58-59

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 59-60

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 60-63v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 64

Letter from George Russell, Collector at Masulipatam [Machilipatnam] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 65

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 65v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 66

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 66v

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 67 1

Letter from J Aitken, Commander of the ship Ariel to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 67 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 67v-78v

Letter from J Aitken, Commander of the ship Ariel to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 78v-79

Letter from Thomas Tanner, Lieutenant Commander of the Honorable Company's cruizer Vestal to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 79

Translation of a letter from Hussun Ben Rahman [Hasan bin Rahma], chief of the Joasemee [Qasimi] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 79v-80

Translation of a letter from Hussun Ben Rahman [Hasan bin Rahma], chief of the Joasemee [Qasimi] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 80v-82

Translation of a note from Hussun Ben Rahman [Hasan bin Rahma], chief of the Joasemee [Qasimi] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 82 1

Translation of a letter from Mohomed ben Quzeeb [Muhammad bin Qadib], chieftan of the Lingua [Linga] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 82 2

Letter from John Adam, Secretary to the Government at Fort William [Calcutta] to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 82v-83

Letter from William Jenkins, Commander of the Sophia , to Richard Sharp, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 83 1

Letter from Samuel Gowling, Commander of the Ahmudee [ Ahmadi ], to Richard Sharp, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 83 2

Letter from Samuel Gowling, Commander of the Ahmudee [ Ahmadi ], to Richard Sharp, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 83 3

Letter from Anathoon Constantine, merchant at Bushire, to Richard Sharp, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 83v 1

Letter from Samuel Gowling, William Auldys and John Whitside, to Richard Sharp, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 83v 2

Letter from Samuel Gowling, Commander of the Ahmudee [ Ahmadi ], to Richard Sharp, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 83v 3

Letter from Thomas M Weguelen, Commissary General at Fort William [Calcutta], to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 84 1

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 84 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 84v 1

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 84v 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 85 1

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 85 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 85v-86

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 86-87

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 87v 1

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 87v 2

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 87v 3

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 87v-88

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

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 88v

Letter from Gideon Colquhoun, Assistant in charge of the Residency at Bussora [Basra], to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, ff 88v-89

Letter from Charles Maillard, Commander of the Prince of Wales , to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 89 1

Letter from William Jenkins, Commander of the Sophia , to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 89 2

Letter from P H Bridges, Commander of HMS Challenger , to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/18, f 89v

Arrangement

The correspondence within the volume is roughly arranged in chronological order according to the date of each letter.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The volume has been foliated in the top right hand front corner of each folio that contains writing with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.

There is also an original pagination sequence consisting of an ink number in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and the top left corner of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of each folio. The pagination numbers are missing on a number of pages owing to the poor condition of some of the correspondence.

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/15/1/18

History of this record

Date(s)

2 Aug 1815-29 Dec 1816 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Sulphur

People & organisations

Government of Bombay, Civil AuditorWahabi (Tribe)Āl Qawāsim (Tribe)Dashti (Tribe)

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