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Letter from Rawson Hart Boddam, Andrew Ramsay, and Robert Sparks, at Bombay Castle, Publick [Public] Department, to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire [‎49r] (2/2)
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Letter from Rawson Hart Boddam, Andrew Ramsay, and Robert Sparks, at Bombay Castle, Publick [Public] Department, to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire [‎49r] (2/2)

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Letter from Rawson Hart Boddam, Andrew Ramsay, and Robert Sparks, at Bombay Castle, Publick [Public] Department, to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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Letter from Samuel Manesty, to Edward Galley, Resident, and Charles Watkins, Factor, at Bushire
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/1, f 49 1
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Letter from Thomas Buncombe, aboard the Panther at Bushire, to Edward Galley, Resident, and Charles Watkins, Factor, at Bushire
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/1, f 49 2

The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 6 Jul 1787. 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 gives notice that instructions will soon come from Bussora regarding plant specimens needed for a new botanical garden at Bengal.

An extract of a Company command, dated 7 April 1768, is included. It is an order for all Company settlements to give details of all exports from their respective regions in order to improve trade along the Malabar Coast. Included is a table showing purchases of 'Drugs' and pepper by the English companies, English individuals, the French, the Dutch, and the Danes.

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Letter from Rawson Hart Boddam, Andrew Ramsay, and Robert Sparks, at Bombay Castle, Publick [Public] Department, to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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49r
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