‘Relative to the allowances of Captain Seton as Resident at Muscat’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Relative to the allowances of Captain Seton as Resident at Muscat’
- Date:
- 1805/1810
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, memoranda and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It concerns the allowance of Captain David Seton, Resident at Muscat, and includes:A request from Seton for an increase in his allowance, and discussions regarding the level at which the Resident’s allowance should be fixedThe question of whether Seton’s increased allowance should be applied retrospectivelySeton’s death, and the suggestion that a sum, equivalent to the retrospectively-applied allowance, should be paid to his estate.The item also contains:A response to Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra], regarding his request for the retrospective application of a salary increase for his assistantsA copy of a medical certificate outlining the health problems suffered by SetonA memorandum providing a brief history of the post of Resident at Muscat.The title page (f 30) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 9, Season 1809/10, Draft 186’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, September 1809 and August 1810’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 30, and terminates at f 42, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Subsistence allowances
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001688.0x000363_ar
81055/vdc_100000001688.0x000363_en
IOR/F/4/288/6500
IOR/F/4/288/6500