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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta [130v] (1/1)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 4 Sep 1808. 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 is an acknowledgement of orders addressed to Nicolas Hankey Smith dated 30 May 1808, which concerned the vessel Hydroossee and how the Resident should respond to queries about it from the Persian Government. The details behind these instructions are not outlined.
Due to the dates of the surrounding correspondence, it is possible to be confident that the date of this letter is 4 September 1808.
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- 1 folio
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Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has partially obscured the date leaving 4th ...ber 1808.
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Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta [130v] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, f 130v 1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023899599.0x000064> [accessed 7 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, f 130v 1
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- Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
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- 130v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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