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Letter from James Charles Edwards, Uncovenented Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Lewis Pelly [‎36v] (22/34)

The record is made up of 16 folios. It was created in 25 Sep 1865-17 Oct 1865. 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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Letter regarding Cholera which has been in the vicinity of Bushire and is now spreading towards Busreh [Basra]; Pelly's horses and Edwards inability to sell any owing to the state of the Bombay market; a statement drawn up by Edwards of the modifications which could be made to the establishment at Bushire without incurring any extra expense for Government;

A postscript to the letter informs Pelly that the audit office will not allow Edwards any extra allowance for his having taken 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. unless he is officially gazetted as 'Officiating Resident' and regarding rumours that Pelly is to be posted to Aden instead of returning to Bushire.

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Letter from James Charles Edwards, Uncovenented Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire to Lewis Pelly [‎36v] (22/34), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/44, ff 26-41, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023377986.0x000049> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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