Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts, Public Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 119c-120
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 28 Sep 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 informing the Resident that his disbursements from February to April 1815 have been passed, barring a couple of exceptions which are detailed in the letter.
The letter encloses a copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to John Kaye, dated 27 September 1815. It requests that the Resident at Bushire be instructed to provide a statement of expenses for house rent, deet, and table servants for examination by the Bombay Government.
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- 1 folio
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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has obscured a small portion of the body of the letter on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folio.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Letter
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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/15/1/17, pp 119c-120
- Date(s)
- 28 Sep 1815 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/17, pp 119c-120
- Title
- Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts, Public Department, Bombay to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
- Pages
- 119c, 120
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence