Letters and Accounts from Mocha

Content

The volumes contain papers relating to the East India Company’s factory An East India Company trading post. at Mocha.

The papers include letters, mainly the following: letters from the Mocha Factory An East India Company trading post. to the East India Company’s Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. ; copies of letters from the Mocha Factory An East India Company trading post. to the Bombay Factory An East India Company trading post. , to which the Mocha Factory An East India Company trading post. was subordinate; and copies of letters from the Bombay Factory An East India Company trading post. to the Mocha Factory An East India Company trading post. .

The papers also include accounts, such as monthly Steward’s accounts of expenditure, and accounts of Factory An East India Company trading post. charges. Other documents include: lists of the covenanted servants, menial servants and soldiers of the Factory An East India Company trading post. , and their respective salaries; and lists of ships which had arrived at, and which had departed from, Mocha.

The papers were sent by ship to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. in London, and most of the papers are endorsed with the title of the document, the number of the document, the name of the ship it was received by, and the date it was received by the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. .

Extent and format

3 volumes (547 folios)

It is grouped into

‘Abstract of goods sent to Mocha on a jounk of Surr.t called the Salamane belonging to Hagee Lahadbeag'

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.1-2

‘Translate of the Mocha Phirmaund.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.3-4

‘Acco.t of ye Prime Cost of ye Coffee &c by ye Donegall & Bleinheim and tonnage they cost.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.5-6

‘Mocha Dyary’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.7-11

‘Acco:t of what presented the following persons for two ships’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.12-13

Letter from the Chief and Factors at Mocha to Captain Edwards

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.14-15

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.16-21

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.22-25

‘Stewards Account for the month of May 1720’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.26-27

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.28-32

‘List of necessarys wanting for the use of the factory’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.33

‘List of what Presented the Governors & Officers of Mocha & Beetlefuckee’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.34

‘Stewards Acco: for the Month of September 1720’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.35-36

‘A Muster Role of Officers & Soldiers Belonging to Mocha Factory in the Year 1720’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.37

‘An Abstract of the Expenses in Mocha Factory for the Year 1720’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.38

‘A List of the Hon:ble Companys Convenant’d Servants In Mocha Factory. Their Stations & what Sallarys allowed them’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.39

‘An Abstract of the Several Charges in Mocha Factory for the year 1720’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.40-41

‘List of the Places Names where the Coffee grows and their distance from Beetlefuckee’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.42

‘Steward’s Account of Disbursements for the Month of February 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.43

Letter from the Supervisor to Mr Edward Say

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.44-45

‘Acco:t Loss of weight of two Chests Treasures of Ship Sunderland’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.46

‘Stewards Acco’ of Disbursements for ye month of June 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.47-48

‘Factory Charges for the Month of June 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.49

Letter to William Phipps from Edward Say

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.50-51

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.52-63

Letter from William Phipps, Supervisor at Mocha, to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.64-67

‘List of covenant servants and soldiers belonging to the Right Honble Companys Factory at Mocha’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.68

Letter from William Phipps, Supervisor at Mocha, to Thomas Woolley, Secretary

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.69-70

Copy Letter from the Mocha Factory to the Surat Factory

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.71-72

Copy of General Letter from Mocha to Charles Boone, Governor of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.73-76

Letter from William Phipps to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.77-82

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.83-86

‘Stewards Acco’ of Disbursements for the Month of August 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.87-88

Charges for the Month of August 1721

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.89

Charges for the Month of September 1721

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.90

‘Stewards Acco’ of Disbursements for the Month of Sept 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.91-92

‘Factory Charges for the Month of October 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.93

‘Stewards Acco’. of Disbursements for the Month of Oct 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.94-95

Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.96-99

‘Factory Charges for the Month of November 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.100

‘Stewards Acco.ts of Disbursements for the Mo. of Nov 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.101-102

‘List of Covenant Servants and soldiers belonging to the Right Honble Company in their Factory at Mocha’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.103

‘Goods Imported by two Dutch Ships at ye Port of Mocha in ye Year 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.104-105

‘Stewards Account of Disbursements for the Month of January 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.106-107

‘Stewards account of Disbursements for the month of February 1721’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.108

Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.109-112

Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to the Chief and Factors at Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.113-116

‘Stewards Account of Disbursements for the month of March 1721/22’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.117-118

Cloth Samples for Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.119

Copy of General Letter from Henry Albert and John Geekie at Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.120-121

‘Stewards Account of Disbursements for the month of April 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.122-123

‘Stewards Accotof Disbursements for the month of May 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.124-125

Account of Cape Wine Provided by Captain William Mabbot

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.126

‘An account of the Weights, Measures and Coins in use at Beetlefuckee’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.127-128

‘Stewards Account of Disbursements for the month of June 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.129-130

Account of Cape Wine Provided by Captain Phillip Worth

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.131

Account of the Weights, Measures and Coins in Use at Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh]

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.132-133

‘Account of Presents given the Sundry Officers of Mocha & Beetlefuckee from July 17.th 1721 to July 14. 1722. To the Govern.r& Second of Beetlefuckee their annual present’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.134-137

‘Account Presents given to Sundry Officers in the Governmtof Mocha & Beetlefuckee commencing July 17th: 1721 & Ending July 14 1722 The Gov:r & Deputy Govrof Beetlefuckee their annuall Present’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.138-141

‘Invoice of Goods & Merchandize Laden by Henry Albert Chief & c.aCouncil at Mocha on board ship Caesar CaptWilliam Mabbott Commander and Goes Consign’d unto the Honble Court of Directors in London for Affairs of the Right Honble United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, being for the proper account & Risque of the said Right Honble Company Cost and charges as follow’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.142-143

‘Account of Cash Remaining in the Right Honble Companys Factory in Mocha the 16 July 1722.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.144

‘List of Warehouse Remains’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.145

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.146-153

‘List of Ships imported at Mocha from September 1.st1721 to July 29 : 1722’ and ‘List of Ships & Vessels Exported from Mocha Commencing Sep.r1. 1721 Ending August 9 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.154-155

‘Stewards Account of Disbursements for the Month of July 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.156-157

‘Indent of Medicines Wanting for the use of Mocha Factorie Augst. the 5th 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.158-159

‘Account of Cash remains in the Honble. Company’s Factory in Mocha to Aug.t11thanno 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.160

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.161-162

Letter from the Mocha Factory to the Surat Factory

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.163-164

Copy of General Letter from Mocha to William Phipps

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.165-168

‘List of Covenant Servants and Soldiers belonging to the Right Honble Company’s Factory of Mocha with their respective Salarys’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.169-170

‘Price Currant of Sundry Goods imported from Sundry places’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.171-172

‘Goods Imported at Mocha in the year 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.173-174

‘List of those persons who Constantly or Generally diet at the Expence of the Rt Honble Company’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.175-176

‘A List of the Honble Companys Convenant Servants Soldiers and Menial Servants in their Factory at Mocha August ye1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.177-178

‘List of Stores wanting in the Rt. Honble. Company’s Factory at Mocha’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.179

‘List of Warehouse Remains’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.180

‘Invoice of Goods and Merchandize Laden by Henry Albert chief & c.aCouncil at Mocha on board Ship Townshend Cap.tPhilip Worth Commander and Goes consigned unto the Honble Court of Directors in London for Affairs of the Right Honble United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies being for the proper Account & Risque of the said Right Honble Company Cost and Charges as follow’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.181-182

‘Stewards Account of disbursements for the month of August 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.183-184

‘Stewards Account of disbursements for the month of September 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.184-185

‘Stewards Disbursements for the Month of October 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.185-186

Copy General Letter from Bombay Castle to the Chief and Factors at Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.187-194

‘Stewards Disbursements for the month of November 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.195

‘Stewards Account of Disbursements for the Month of December 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.196

‘Coffee Exported from Mocha Anno 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.197

‘An Inventory of the Dead Stock belonging to the Right Honble United English East India Company in their Factory at Mocha taken by Francis Dickinson for MoHenry Albert & by Nicholas Goodwin for Mr. John Sarson Delivered over to Mr John Sarson by Mr Henry Alberts January 1st 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.198-201

‘Calculate of the medium of the Beetlefuckee Customhouse Weights taken January 23. 1722/3’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.202

‘Stewards Account of Disbursements for the Month of January 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.203-204

‘Factory Repairs For the Month of January 1722’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.204v

Letter from Captain William Mackett, J Gilbert and Richard Higginson to the Chief and Council at Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.205

General Letter from John Style to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.206-209

‘Calculate of the Medium of the Beetlefuckee Customhouse Weights taken January 23d 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.210

‘His Majestys Ship Salisbury Dr to the Right Honble United East India Company for Water’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.211-212

‘List of the Remains of Merchandize in Mocha Factory’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.213

Letter from Benjamin Rosewell, Bursar of the Lyon, to the Commissioners for Victualling

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.214

Letter from William Wheeler, Bursar of the Salisbury, to the Commissioners for Victualling

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.215-216

Second Bill of Exchange

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.217

‘His Majestys Ship Lyon Dr to the Right Honble United East India Company for Water’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.218

Letter from C Mayne

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.219

Second Bill of Exchange

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.220

Third Bill of Exchange

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.221

General Letters from John Sarson and Francis Dickinson at Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.222-237

‘Stewards Acco.t of Disbursements for the Month of June 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.238

‘House Expenses from the 1 of June 1723 to 31 May 1724’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.239

‘Stewards Acco.t of Disbursements for the Month of July 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.240

General Letter from John Sarson and Francis Dickinson at Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.241-256

‘Indent of Stores for the use of Mocha Factory’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.257

‘Indent of Medicines for the Honble the United East India Company’s Factorie In Mocha Augst the 4th 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.258

‘List of the Honble Company’s Covenant Servants Soldiers and Menial Servants in their Factory at Mocha August 4th 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.259-260

General letter from Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.261-262

General letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.263-264

‘Stewards Acco.tDisbursements for the Month of August 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.265

‘Stewards AccotDisbursements for the Month of September 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.266

‘Stewards Expences in the Month of October 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.267

‘Stewards Acco.t of Expences for the Month of November 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.268

Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan and the Factors at Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.269-278

‘Stewards Acco.t of Expences of the Month of December 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.279

‘List of the Number of Bales Exported and the Medium Price thereof pro Anno 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.280-281

‘Inventory of the Warehouse Remains and Dead Stock belonging to the Right Honble United English East India in their Factory at Mocha and delivered by Mr John Sarson to Robert Cowan Esq. this 9th January 1723/4’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.282-285

‘Stewards Acco.tDisbursements in the Month of January 1723’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.286

‘Stewards Acco.tDisbursem.tsin the Month of February 1723/4’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.287

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.288-289

Copy of General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.290-293

General letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan, Chief, and Council at Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.294-296

Copy of General Letter from Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.296-303

General Letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan, Chief, and Council at Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.304-305

‘Stewards Disbursements in the Month of March 1723/4’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.306

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences in the Month of April 1724.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.307

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences for the Month of May 1724.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.308

‘The Case of M.r Edward Say late Chief of Mocha’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.309-310

‘Price Currant in Mocha June 20.th1724.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.311-312

Copy of General Letter from Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.313-316

‘Stewards Account of House Expenses in the Month of June 1724’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.317

‘Stewards Account of House Expenses in the Month of July 1724.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.317-318

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.319-332

‘Estimate of The Honble Companys Stock & Effects in Mocha Factory’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.333

‘List of the Honble Companys Covenanted Servants Soldiers and menial Servants with their Respective Salarys & Wages In Mocha Factory 12 July 1724’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.334-335

‘Mem.dsfrom yePapers in yePacquets from Mocha rec.danno 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.336

‘List of Warehouse Remains in Mocha Factory July 13. 1724’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.337-338

‘Invoice of 31501/2Bales of Coffee Laden by Robert Cowan EsqeChief &ca Council at Mocha on board the Prince Augustus burthen 495 Tons Cap.tWilliam Jobson Commander & goes Consigned to the Honble the Court of Directors for Affairs of the Right Honble United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies being for the proper Account and Risque of the said Right Honble Company Marked as p Margent Particulars Cost & Charges as follows’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.339-340

‘Account of Weights Coins & Measures at Mocha 12th July 1724.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.341-342

‘Factory Charges & Presents at Mocha’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.345

‘Calculate of Mocha Weights’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.346-347

‘List of Goods remaining in Warehouse at Mocha Factory July ye 12.th 1724’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.348

‘Mem.dsfrom yeMocha Consultation book. Rec.dp London 2d. april 1725 commencing 8.thJan.ry1723 Ending 31.stJuly 1724’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.349-350

‘List of the Honourable Companys Covenanted Servants Soldiers and menial Servants with their Respective Salarys in Mocha Augst10.th1724.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.351

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.352-355

Copy of General Letter from Mocha to the President and Council of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.356-357

‘Accot: of Receipts & Issues of the HonobleComp.ysTreasury & an Estimate of Debts due & Effects Remaining’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.358

‘An Average of Coffee received from Beetlefuckee 1724’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.359-360

‘An Average of Coffee Received from Beetlefuckee Anno 1724’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.361-362

‘M.rJohn Sarson’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.363-364

‘Stewards Acco.tHouse Expences in the Month of August 1724’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.365

‘Stewards Acco.tHouse Expences in the Month September’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.365-366

Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan, Chief, and Factors at Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.367-374

‘Stewards Acco.tof House Expences in the Month of October.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.375

‘Stewards Acco.tof House Expences in the Month of November 1724.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.376

‘Stewards Acco.tof House Expences in the Month of December 1724.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.377

‘Stewards Acco.tof House Expences in the Month of January’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.378

‘A List of the Shipping Imported at Mocha Anno 1724.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.379-380

‘Stewards Acco.tof House Expences in the Month of February 1724/5.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.381

Copy of General Letter from Bombay to Robert Cowan, Chief, and Factors at Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.382-383

‘Stewards Acco.tof House Expences in the Month of March’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.384

Copies of General Letters from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.385-386

‘Mocha List of Shipping’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.387

‘Stewards Acco.tof House Expences in the Month of April 1725’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.388

‘Stewards Acco.tof House Expences in the Month of May 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.389

‘Stewards Account of House Expenses for 12 Months’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.390

Copy of General Letter from Mocha Factory to Bombay Castle

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.391-398

‘Particular Articles of the several Disbursements in Mocha Factory abstracted from the Books of Accounts Letter K Commencing June 1. & Ending May 31. 1725’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.399-406

‘Stewards Acco of Expences in the Month of June 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.407-408

‘Stewards Acco of Expences in the Month of June 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.408v

Copy of General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.409-420

‘Stewards Account of Expenses in the Month of July 1725’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.421-422

‘List of the Honourable Company’s Covenanted Servants, Soldiers and menial Servants in their Factory at Mocha Aug.t1.st1725’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.423-424

Letter from Robert Cowan, Chief at Mocha, to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.425-430

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.431-444

Copy of General Letter from Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.445-446

‘Price Current in Mocha Anno 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.447-450

‘List of Ships imported & Exported’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.451-452

‘M.rJohn Sarson’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.453-454

Account of Cash Remaining in the Mocha Factory

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.455-456

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences in the Month of August 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.457-458

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences in the Month of September 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.459-460

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences in the Month of October 1725’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.461-462

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences in the Month of November 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.463-464

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences in the Month of December 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.465-466

‘Account Customes Pro Anno 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.467-470

‘Account Custom’s p Anno 1725.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.471-476

Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to the Robert Cowan, Chief, at Mocha

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.477-486

‘Stewards Acco.tExpences in the Month of January 1725/6’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.487-488

‘Stewards Acco.tExpences in the Month of February 1725/6’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.489-490

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.491-492

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences in the Month of March 1725/6.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.493-494

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences in the Month of April 1726.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.495-496

General Letter from Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.497-502

‘Stewards Acco.tof Expences in the Month of May 1726.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.503-504

‘Invoyce of 2500 Bales Coffee Laden by Robert Cowan Esq.rChief &c Council at Mocha on board the Drake Capt. William Westerbane Commander bound for England and goes Consigned to the HonbleCourt of Directors of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East India’s being Marked and Numbred as p Margent the perticulars are as follows’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.505-506

‘List of the Honble Companys Covenanted Servants Soldiers and Menial Servants in Mocha Factory with their respective Sallarys & pays.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.507

General Letter from the Mocha Factory to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.508-513

Copy of General Letter from Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.514-515

‘List of Shipping’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.516

General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.517-520

‘Abstract of Consignments from Mocho to Bombay and Surat’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.521

‘Price Currant of Goods in Mocha 1726’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.522-525

‘A Relation of the Manner of Mr. Cowan's abusing the Company in their Investment of Coffee at Mocho in the Year 1726.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.526-531

‘Some Remarks on Mr. Cowan's purchasing Coffee at Mocho and sparing it to the Company Anno 1726.’

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.532-533

General Letter from Bombay Castle to the Court of Directors

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Ref: IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.534-535

Arrangement

The file consists of three volumes: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order by date of creation from the front of Part 1 to the rear of Part 3.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: this file consists of three physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of volume one (ff 1-174), continues with the second volume (ff 175-351) and terminates at the last folio of volume three (ff 352-535); 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/G/17/1

History of this record

Date(s)

23 Mar 1644-21 Oct 1789 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

MerchantsPoliticsShipsTrading postsExpenditureAccountsShipment of goodsCoffeeTrade (practice)

Places

MochaBeetlefuckee

People & organisations

Governor of MochaEast India Company FactoryImam of YemenPresident and Governor of Bombay in CouncilCourt of Directors

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