Boscawen : Journal, Chief Mate Arthur Morris
IOR/L/MAR/B/572D
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The record is made up of 1 volume (165 folios). It was created in 6 Feb 1761-21 Jun 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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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Boscawen from England to Surat, May 1761-March 1762, from Surat to Judda [Jeddah] and back, April-September 1762, from Surat to Bombay [Mumbai], October 1762, from Bombay to Calcutta [Kolkata], November 1762-June 1763, from Calcutta to Mauritius, February 1763 [New Style date 1764]-June 1764, and from Mauritius to England, December 1764-March 1765 (Captain Benjamin Braund).
The outward journey from England included a visit to Rio de Janeiro, August-September 1761. The return journey from Surat to Judda included visits to Mocha, May and August 1762. From February 1762 [New Style date 1763] Boscawen was moored at either Kedgeree [Khijri] or Ingeli in the Hooghly River delta. An attempt to sail upstream to Calcutta in April 1763 was driven back by bad weather that damaged the ship (f 85).
The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations. A list of crew and a list of soldiers are provided on folios 2-4. Folio 85 records the death of Captain Braund, onshore at Ingeli, in April 1763.
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- 1 volume (165 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 165; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English in Latin script
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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/L/MAR/B/572D
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- 6 Feb 1761-21 Jun 1765 (CE, Gregorian)
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- CalcuttaSuratMauritiusBombay
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- Boscawen
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- Title
- Boscawen: Journal, Chief Mate Arthur Morris
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- 1r:167v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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