Miscellaneous Marine Papers

Content

This volume consists of various documents mostly relating to East India Company shipping.

The documents include the following:

• Correspondence relating to surviving passengers who had been on board the shipwrecked Dutch East India Company ship Woestduyn , and various receipts for related expenses dated 1779-80, several of which are written in Dutch (folios 32-38 and 41-46)
• Two lists of East India Company ships lost or captured between 1760 and 1791
• An extract from a journal for a voyage of HMS Medea from England to India and back again, between February 1782 and January 1784
• A memorial from George French, Assistant Deputy Master Attendant in Bengal, 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. of the East India Company, requesting that he be recommended to the Governor-General of India in Council for the office of Deputy Master Attendant, 28 April 1795
• A copy of a printed pamphlet entitled 'Fair State of the Case Between The EAST INDIA COMPANY, and The Owners of Ships now in their Service To which are added CONSIDERATIONS on Mr BROUGH’S PAMPHLET, concerning The EAST INDIA COMPANY’S SHIPPING; by Dalrymple', printed 1786
• A copy of a letter from the Board of Trade to Sir John Shore, Governor-General of India in Council, and a copy of a minute of the Board, regarding a proposal by British merchants relating to the transportation of commodities from Bengal to London, dated 26 May 1795
• Queries by Lord Castlereagh, President of the Board of Control Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. , into the effects likely to be produced by the East India Company employing ships of 800 rather than 1,200 tons, dated 13 May 1803
• Copies of letters from Bombay merchants to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council of Bombay, dated 4 July and 17 October 1804, requesting measures to be taken against Arab shipping
• A record of the position of HMS Howe each day at noon, on a journey from Bengal to England, between August 1805 and January 1806
• A copy of a memorial to the Governor-General of India in Council from merchants, agents and others engaged in the export trade from Calcutta to London, dated 20 November 1807, complaining of hardships experienced due to the great increase in the rate of tonnage
• A list of passengers on board seven missing ships, c 1809
• Proposed instructions to Lieutenant Robert Moorsom to carry out a survey to ascertain the most appropriate stations for the shelter, refitting, refreshment, or protection of squadrons, ships of war, convoys, or East India Company ships, in the East Indies, during different seasons and in various circumstances, in case of future war, c 1789
• Bills and receipts for instruments purchased and delivered to Moorsom for the survey, 1787-89
• Correspondence (and an abstract of correspondence), mostly between Moorsom, Lieutenant Halsted, and the Board of Control Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. , regarding the mathematical instruments which Moorsom was provided with for the survey (which were subsequently transferred to Lieutenant Halsted), being returned to the Board of Control Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. , dated 1790-1803
• A catalogue for an auction by Mr Christie of a Library of books, mathematical instruments sent by the Board of Control Formally known as the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, it was established by an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company. , and some firearms, to take place on 23, 25 and 26 June 1810
• Copies of accounts of items purchased by the owners of the ship Bombay from various suppliers, dated 1810.

Extent and format

1 volume (368 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 370; 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.

Pagination: there are multiple pagination sequences which appear intermittently.

Written in

English and Dutch 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/L/MAR/C/901

History of this record

Date(s)

c 1723-c 1810 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

AuctionsShipsTrade (practice)Navigational aidsMerchants

Places

BengalBombayIndia

People & organisations

HMS HoweWoestduynHMS MedeaBombayBoard of Trade

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