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Letter from Stephen Watson Henshaw, Bushire to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [111] (4/4)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 20 Oct 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 sending a number of enclosures, in response to a request sent to the Resident by the Bombay Government, dated 8 July 1815 (see pp 93-95). It also contains an explanation for why he was not able to obtain vouchers for the arrack supplied to the British Persian Mission. The letter has three enclosures:
1. Account current of the expedition against the Joassemee [ Qawāsim 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 (note that the spelling Joassumee is also used in this item) in 1809/10.
2. A copy of a letter from John Elphinston, Auditor of Civil Accounts, Public Department, Bombay to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, dated 28 November 1810. The letter concerns charges incurred by the expedition against the Joassemee pirates.
3. A receipt from J Archdeacon, dated 30 April 1811, for 260 gallons of arrack supplied to the HMS Lion .
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- IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 108-111
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- Letter from Stephen Watson Henshaw, Bushire to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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- 109:111
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