Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/12, f 49
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 5 Jun 1811. 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 responding the the commands of the Bombay Government dated 26 February 1811, which requested that William Bruce explain why he has not sent the Accountant General any accounts of the sale of woollens at Bushire since May 1810. It explains why no such accounts have been sent and outlines an offer made by a merchant that he has rejected. The letter also outlines a proposal he has made to Sir Gore Ouseley to sell the remaining Woollens as part subsidy to the Persian Government.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/12, f 49
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- 5 Jun 1811 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/12, f 49
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- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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- 49v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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