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Letter from Thomas Smee, Captain of the Ternate , Bushire, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire [137r] (1/1)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 6 Aug 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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Letter refers to Bruce's request that a packet from His Excellency Sir Gore Ouseley, Ambassador to the Court of Persia, be transmitted on an East India Company vessel to Sir Evan Nepean, Governor of Bombay. Smee states that Lieutenant Henry Davidson, Commander of the Ternate, has been given orders to receive the packet.
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- IOR/R/15/1/13, f 137
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- Letter from Thomas Smee, Captain of the Ternate, Bushire, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire
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- 137r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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