Letter from Thomas Woodly, Commanding Officer of the ship Udny , to James Dow, in charge of the Residency at Bushire

IOR/R/15/1/21, f 52v

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 25 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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The letter is an acknowledgement of Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. 's letter of the previous day. Woodly states that it will not be safe to imprison John O'Heale on the Udny , as he has threatened the lives of Woodly and the other officers. Woodly asks that O'Heale be forwarded to the civil authority at Bombay to answer the charges being brought against him by Rowland Terry, chief officer of the Udny .

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