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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire [221v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 13 Aug 1766. 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 approves of Bowyear's assertion that interference in local government should be avoided and expresses surprise that his predecessor, Benjamin Jervis, attempted to have the Sheikh of Bushire removed from power. There is a request for a missing account and notification that John Sebastian Natter is indisposed and will travel to Bushire when possible.
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Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire [221v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 221-221v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196152.0x000052> [accessed 12 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 221-221v
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- Letter from Peter Elwin Wrench, Dymoke Lyster, and George Skipp, East India Company Agent and council at Bussora [Basra], to William Bowyear, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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- 221v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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