Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Thomas Hodges, President and Governor at Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 149v-150v
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 25 Mar 1768. 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 an update of affairs in the region and contains several items of news and subjects:
- the arrival in the Gulf of the English fleet that will assist Karim Khan;
- Skipp's safe arrival at Schyrass [Shiraz];
- a missing stationery box;
- the continued prohibition of trade around Bushire and the consequent lack of need for more cloth from India.
A postscript, dated 26 March 1768, reports that the fleet left for Bussora [Basra] that morning.
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- 2 folios
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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/15/1/1, ff 149v-150v
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- 25 Mar 1768 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 149v-150v
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- Letter from James Morley, East India Company Resident at Bushire, and his assistant, George Green, to Thomas Hodges, President and Governor at Bombay
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- 150r:150v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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