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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [34r] (1/1)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 26 Mar 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, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, reports that the surviving crew members from the Ariel are proceeding to the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. on board the Malabar country ship. He states that they have agreed with the ship's Commander that the owners shall be paid by Government whatever is customary for carrying troops or sea man [seamen] from the Gulf, in addition to payments for provisions supplied to them by the Master of the Malabar. Bruce makes a request for the Honourable Board to direct the regular customary charges to be paid.
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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [34r] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, f 34 1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023449598.0x000049> [accessed 3 April 2025]
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- Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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