Letter from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Thomas Flower, Resident, Bushire

Content

Letter concerns the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. 's accounts. Farish encloses a letter, dated 14 January 1807, from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, on the subject of regulating future payment of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Guard. The enclosed letter includes a copy of a joint report, dated 10 January 1807, from John Elphinstone [Elphinston], Accountant General, Bombay, and Alexander Hay, Military Auditor General, Bombay, which provides tables of pay and provisions for the Native Infantry, to be transmitted for the information and guidance of the different residents.

Extent and format

3 folios

It is part of

Vol 13 Letters Inward

294 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/13

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/13, ff 82Av-84

History of this record

Date(s)

14 Sep 1812 (CE, Gregorian)

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