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Letter from William Bruce, Resident of Bushire, Writing from Bombay, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [55v] (2/3)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 20 Aug 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, states that in recent years the allowance granted to him for the keeping of a public table at 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. has not been sufficient, because of the increase in the number of visitors to Bushire. Bruce requests remuneration from the month of November 1816 onwards and he expresses his hope that an additional allowance will be granted for the future.
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Letter from William Bruce, Resident of Bushire, Writing from Bombay, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [55v] (2/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 55-56, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023449598.0x000074> [accessed 3 December 2024]
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- Letter from William Bruce, Resident of Bushire, Writing from Bombay, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
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- 55v:56r
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