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Letter No. 38: William Hornby, Daniel Draper, Nathaniel Stackhouse, William Ashburner and Andrew Ramsay, Council at Bombay Castle, to John Beaumont, Resident at Bushire [‎7r] (6/6)

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 16 Mar 1780. 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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This letter, received 28 April 1780 by the Eagle Snow , includes extracts (no. 39) from the Company's commands of the 23 December 1778 and 27 May 1779, which were received via the Resolution and the Hawke . The letter discusses the wool trade and states that this season's exports include 136 bales of broad cloth and 200 long ells for the Bushire market. The aforementioned extracts include: information regarding the reprimand of Captain Burnet Abercrombie; details of the appointment of a secret committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. for arrangements for the safety of the Company's shipping; and a list of names of writers appointed by the Company for that season.

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Letter No. 38: William Hornby, Daniel Draper, Nathaniel Stackhouse, William Ashburner and Andrew Ramsay, Council at Bombay Castle, to John Beaumont, Resident at Bushire [‎7r] (6/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/4, ff 5-7, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023375718.0x00001b> [accessed 24 November 2024]

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