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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 28 Jun 1727. 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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A general letter from the Mocha Factory An East India Company trading post. 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, signed by Robert Cowan, Thomas Rammell, Francis Dickinson and Francis Everest. Dated 27 July 1726.

The letter discusses matters including: the price of coffee at Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh], and the purchase of coffee and aloes soccatrina [aloe succotrina] by the factors; the sale and attempted sale of goods in Mocha by the Mocha Factory An East India Company trading post. ; debts owed to the Mocha Factory An East India Company trading post. by local merchants; the death of Matthew Martin, third Supercargo of the ship Princess Amelia , and of John Gerrard, Second of the Mocha Factory An East India Company trading post. ; the accounts of the Mocha Factory An East India Company trading post. ; and the attempted imposition of a 'Moor's Duty' tax by the Imaum [Imam] which the factors intended to resist.

Received via the ship Princess Amelia , 24 June 1727. Read in the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , 28 June 1727.

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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/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.517-520
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28 Jun 1727 (CE, Gregorian)

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General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.517-520, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100083570755.0x0000a3> [accessed 11 March 2025]

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