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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra [80v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 5 Dec 1765. 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 expresses surprise that letters from Bushire have not reached Basra and explains that it is not due to neglect on the author's part. Also discussed is the handling of a prisoner, Lewis Barretto D'Souza, who is accused of spying for the Turks in Basra and who was bound for Bombay but given leave to go ashore at Muscat.
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Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra [80v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/1, f 80-80v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024196150.0x0000ae> [accessed 10 February 2025]
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- Letter from Benjamin Jervis, East India Company Resident at Bushere [Bushire], to Peter Elwin Wrench, East India Company Agent at Basra
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- 80v
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