Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, Currently at Bombay, to Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire [72r] (3/9)
The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 12 May 1812. 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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Letter discusses the procurement of raw Ghilan [Gilan] silk for investment in Europe. Contains the following enclosures, whose subjects include the procurement of Ghilan silk and the varieties of cotton available on the Bushire market:
- A copy of a letter, dated 9 May 1812, from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Bruce, Bombay.
- A copy of a letter, dated 6 November 1811, from the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. to the Governor in Council.
- A copy of a letter, dated 10 May 1812, from Bruce to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay.
- A copy of a letter, dated 25 May 1812, from Newnham to Bruce.
- A copy of a letter, dated 26 May 1812, from Bruce to Newnham.
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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, Currently at Bombay, to Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire [72r] (3/9), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/13, ff 71-75, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023939699.0x00009d> [accessed 19 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/13, ff 71-75
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- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, Currently at Bombay, to Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire
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- 71v:75r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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