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Letter from Charles Crommelin, Thomas Hodges, Daniel Draper, Henry Moore, Rawson Hart Boddam, and Benjamin Jervis, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and Factor at Bushire [‎228r] (4/5)

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 226v-228v

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 18 Jan 1767. 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 discusses the danger of attack at Bushire. It accompanies several shipments and enclosures:

a shipment of woollens, stationery, and wine;
Benjamin Jervis' response to accusations by Bowyear of improper conduct while he was Resident at Bushire (not present);
a copy of a sailing order addressed to Commodore Fountain Price, commander of the Defiance, dated 17 February 1767 (this is a mistake and should read 17 January 1767), instructing him to sail with the Sallamander to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
a copy of a letter from Benjamin Jervis, dated 27 December 1766, discussing the purchase of raw silk from Ghilan [Gilan Province].

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Letter from Charles Crommelin, Thomas Hodges, Daniel Draper, Henry Moore, Rawson Hart Boddam, and Benjamin Jervis, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and Factor at Bushire [‎228r] (4/5), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 226v-228v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196152.0x00005f> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/1, ff 226v-228v
Title: Letter from Charles Crommelin, Thomas Hodges, Daniel Draper, Henry Moore, Rawson Hart Boddam, and Benjamin Jervis, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and Factor at Bushire
Pages: 227r:228v
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Letter from Charles Crommelin, Thomas Hodges, Daniel Draper, Henry Moore, Rawson Hart Boddam, and Benjamin Jervis, President and Council at Bombay Castle, to William Bowyear and James Morley, East India Company Resident and Factor at Bushire [‎228r] (4/5)

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