Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 70-71
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 12 Jan 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 forwarding accounts and vouchers (not present) for the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
- Extent and format
- 2 folios
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- 436 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/10
- Physical characteristics
Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage; much of the body of the letter on f. 70v has been obscured and is difficult to read as a result.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Letter
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 70-71
- Date(s)
- 12 Jan 1808 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 70-71, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100075534085.0x000078> [accessed 12 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 70-71
- Title
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council, Bombay
- Pages
- 71r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence