Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 157v-158
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 22 Jan 1813. 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 reports that a cargo boat conveying supplies to the Country Ship Duncan has encountered a violent gale, that four out of the eight men that were on board are missing, and that the bales of gum armonial [gum ammoniac] it was carrying were washed overboard.
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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, ff 157v-158
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- 22 Jan 1813 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/12, ff 157v-158
- Title
- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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- 158r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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