Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding Officer and Agent at Rasselkhyma [Ra's-al-Khaymah]
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 52v-53
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 7 Jul 1820. 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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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 the receipt of Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson's letter of 23 May, which included a letter from Captain Evan Jervis, Acting Paymaster to the force in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , regarding the raising of money for the payment of British troops. Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. encloses a copy of a letter, dated 10 April, from the Resident at Bushire, William Bruce, to Thompson, a letter which Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. speculates has not been received by Thompson, as a result of the unfortunate fate of the vessel by which it was transmitted. The Resident's letter is not included here, but it can be found earlier in the volume (see ff 36v-37).
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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding Officer and Agent at Rasselkhyma [Ra's-al-Khaymah], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 52v-53, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024054291.0x000058> [accessed 28 November 2024]
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- Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Commanding Officer and Agent at Rasselkhyma [Ra's-al-Khaymah]
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