'Vol 196: 1854/55 Commerce'

Title:

'Vol 196: 1854/55 Commerce'

Contributor:

Commissioner, Sind (correspondent)
Shariarjee? Rustomjee (correspondent)

Date:

1854/1854

Description:

A collection of letters, which with the exception of one from L Darling to Her British Majesty's Consul at Bushire, are all from, or to, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The first is a covering letter for a package of samples of piece goods sent by Kemball to Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Commissioner in Scinde [Sindh], Kurrachee [Karachi]. This is followed by a collection of correspondence between Kemball and Shariarjee Rustomjee, Bombay, on the subject of Shariarjee Rustomjee’s proposed sale of goods at Bushire and his engagement of an agent for this purpose. In response to his concerns that his goods should be taxed as British property and secured from unlawful encroachment, Kemball advises Shariarjee Rustomjee to appoint a British subject rather than the native agent proposed. One letter is from L Darling in London seeking to obtain commercial information regarding the market of Bushire. Kemball’s letter in reply includes a copy of a letter from Messrs I A Malcolm and Co., an American firm established in Bushire, providing the requested information. There is a letter from Kemball to Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Bagdad [Baghdad], on the subject of the establishment of a standing committee at Kurrachee for the direct sale of horses from the Persian Gulf. This letter includes copies of several others all relating to this same subject. The final two letters are letters of introduction, written by Kemball to Henry Bartle Edward Frere, recommending two horse traders bringing horses to Kurrachee for sale.1 volume, 9 items (24 folios)The correspondence is arranged in chronological order.Pagination: Pagination is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos.Foliation: Foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. This sequence begins on the fourth folio after the front cover, on number 2, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 25. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Horse trading

Geographic region:

Scinde, Province of
Kurrachee

Extent:

1 volume, 9 items (24 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000075_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000075_en
IOR/R/15/1/144

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

Feedback