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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta [10v] (2/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 30 Jun 1807. 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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The letter encloses the disbursements for May and June 1807 (not present) and explains to what extent allowances for the assistant and company broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. should be drawn from the political rather than the commercial account, as per the orders of the Bombay Government. It also explains from which accounts the pension for the company broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. , Owanness Essai should be drawn. However, due to his death the Resident explains that he has diverted a portion of the pension to his son (an unnamed boy of thirteen years of age) who he plans to appoint to his father's position once he is able; until this time is met his uncle will fill the post.
The Resident further outlines the cost of a watch gifted to the Shaik [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān] and provides a list of local chiefs upon whom he has bestowed gifts. Finally, the letter states that he has had to meet additional costs owing to the ruinous condition of the factory An East India Company trading post. , which has required him to rent a house from William Bruce.
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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta [10v] (2/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 10-11, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023899598.0x000024> [accessed 10 January 2025]
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- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
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