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1. Mss Eur F678

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Mss Eur F678
Title:
Correspondence of Richard Campbell Bazett (1766-1832), East India agent and merchant
Scope & Content:
Richard Campbell Bazett (1766-1832), born in St Helena in 1766, went to India in 1788 becoming an East India agent. In 1789, he began a partnership with Bruce de Ponthieu & Bazett, at London EC2, 1805-1815. From 1816, he formed a new partnership Bazett, Farquar & Crawford at India House,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1832
Extent:
6 leather-bound volumes (large)

2. Mss Eur F678/1

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Mss Eur F678/1
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Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from RCB to his business associates announcing his entering into co-partnership with Mess. Bruce de Ponthieu & Bazett in May 1804. Later letters concern mainly business transactions with India. With index
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804-1808
Extent:

1 volume (433 pages)

3. Mss Eur F678/2

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Mss Eur F678/2
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Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from RCB to his business associates, mainly to his former partner Colvins Bazett Co. of Calcutta. Includes a few long essays. P.1-16, 13th May 1804, letter to Colvin explains his decision of entering into partnership with Bruce de Ponthieu. Pp.80-91 letter dated March 22, 18...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1804-1811
Extent:

1 volume with metal clasps (297 pages)

4. Mss Eur F678/3

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Mss Eur F678/3
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Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from RCB to his business associates, mainly to his former partner Colvins Bazett Co. of Calcutta. Other correspondents include William Webb Doveton, and other members of Doveton family. With index
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1811-1817
Extent:

1 volume (516 pages)

5. Mss Eur F678/4

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Mss Eur F678/4
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Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from RCB to his business associates, mainly to his former partner Colvins Bazett Co. of Calcutta on the subject of indigo, cotton and sugar trade in Mediterranean countries. Other correspondents include Dovetons, Sir William Forbes of Bart Hunter & Co, Sir Richard Harding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1817-1822
Extent:
1 volume (533 pages)

6. Mss Eur F678/5

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Mss Eur F678/5
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Scope & Content:
Copies of letters from RCB to his business associates, mainly to his former partner Colvins Bazett Co. and to his friends William Doveton and Bazett Doveton of St Helena
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822-1830
Extent:

1 Volume (530 pages)

7. Mss Eur F678/6

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Mss Eur F678/6
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Scope & Content:
The volume covers the final two years of his life until his death. Including copies of business letters from RCB to his partners or counterparts in London, Paris, India, Jamaica, and Scotland, and copies of private letters to family and friends in St Helena, concerning various financial matters ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1830-1832
Extent:

1 Volume (117 pages)

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