Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator to the Office of Country Correspondence, Bombay

IOR/R/15/1/22, f 48 2

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 2 May 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, acknowledges the receipt of Richard Thomas Goodwin's communication, dated 15 February, which enclosed two letters from the Honourable Governor, Mountstuart Elphinstone, addressed to His Royal Highness Hossain Ali Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ] and Shaik Abdol Russool [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, Governor of Bushire] respectively. Bruce reports that the letters were sent to their addresses this morning.

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