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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Robert Waite, Pay Master at Keshme [Qeshm] [66v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 17 Jan 1821. 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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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 Robert Waite's letter of 3 November 1820, which requested Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. 's assistance towards raising on the public account the sum of 50,000 Bombay rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. refers to instructions that he has received from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson and Lieutenant Ferdinand Price and states that he had no difficulty in procuring the amount required. Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. states that bills payable on the Governments of Calcutta or Madras would be preferable to those on Bombay, and he encloses a list (not included) of the rates of exchange between the currencies of Bushire.
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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Robert Waite, Pay Master at Keshme [Qeshm] [66v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, f 66, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023449598.0x00008a> [accessed 24 November 2024]
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- Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Robert Waite, Pay Master at Keshme [Qeshm]
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- 66r:66v
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