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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Military Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [60] (3/3)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 3 Apr 1815. 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 couple of communications concerning the shipment of native sulphur [sulfur] to India. It recommends that the Resident only ships sulphur on the company's cruizers or country ships in future. Two enclosures:
1. A copy of a letter from Edward Hutchins Ballassis [Bellasis], Secretary to the Military Board to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, dated 30 March 1815.
2. A copy of a letter from James Inverarity, Agent for Gunpowder, Bombay to Captain Edward Hutchins Bellasis, Secretary to the Military Board, Bombay. The letter reports that the bugulah [ buggalow Large trading vessel. ] Dorabee Naguodah Abdul Rahime , which was requisitioned to transport sulphur to India, has not arrived at the port of Bombay; it is believed that the missing vessel may have been taken by pirates.
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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Military Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [60] (3/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 58-60, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515475.0x00004c> [accessed 22 July 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 58-60
- Title
- Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Military Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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- 59:60
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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