Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Lieutenant Joseph Laurie, Acting Commissary to the British Force at Keshme [Qeshm] [‎54v] (2/2)

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In this letter, James Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , Assistant Surgeon, temporarily in charge 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. , acknowledges Lieutenant Joseph Laurie's letter of 26 July, which requested twenty casks of liquor for the use of the British troops in the Gulf of Persia. Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. states that eleven casks, containing 1188 gallons of the best Bengal rum, have been forwarded on the Honourable Company cruiser, the Benares . Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. also acknowledges Laurie's letter to the Resident, William Bruce, dated 5 July, which concerned the conduct of the Broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. at Muscat, who apparently enacted customs on supplies intended for British troops in the Gulf. Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. promises to report the incident to the Resident, who is currently in Bombay.

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