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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [‎97] (2/3)

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 96-98

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 17 Jul 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 requesting the Resident's opinion on the amount of cargo the owners of the Duncan have forfeited, as a result of conveying an urgent packet to the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. .

Enclosed with the letter is a copy of a letter from J J Cross, Supra Cargo of the Duncan to Francis Warden, dated 14 July 1815. The letter explains that the author is not in a position to provide a suitable estimate of the cost of expediting the Duncan's journey to Bombay.

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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [‎97] (2/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 96-98, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515475.0x00007b> [accessed 25 July 2026]

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IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 96-98
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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Public Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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