Letter from William Page, secretary at Bombay Castle, to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1, f 57-57v
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 17 Jul 1788. 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 gives notice of the arrival of ships and encloses several items:
Enclosure 1: extract of Company commands to Bombay, dated 21 November 1787. Number of bales of cloth being sent to Bushire this year and why.
Enclosure 2: a list of articles derived from plants that are wanted for cultivation at the botanical garden in Calcutta [Kolkata]. Each plant is listed as being from Ceylon [Sri Lanka], the Red Sea region, or with their exact origin unknown. Information and specimens are requested for each.
Enclosure 3: letter from William Dobinson, accomptant [accountant] at Bombay Castle, to Charles Watkins, dated 18 July 1788. Queries the accounts of the year 1781-82 and requests the relevant invoices.
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/1, f 57-57v
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- 17 Jul 1788 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Letter from William Page, secretary at Bombay Castle, to Charles Watkins, East India Company Resident at Bushire
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- 57r:57v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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