Letter 190 Consul Alexander Drummond in Aleppo to Robert James providing a detailed narrative of the tampering of Company mail by the Dutch Consul and a Venetian which was covered up by a messenger.
Letter 191 The Duke of Newcastle at Whitehall to Richard Chauncey relating to the manner of trading with Prussian and other ships touching at St Helena.
Letter 195 Petition of Shameer Sultan to the Court requesting that orders may be given for the discharge of a 20,000 rupee bond dated 7 Aug 1745 for a loan given to the President and Council at Fort St George.
Letters 196-198 S. Harrison in London to William Mabbot submitting his proposal to establish trade at Liampo in Zhejiang Province, China. Includes a copy of a letter from the 'Tsong-tou to the Mandarins of Limpo and Chusan' and his proposal.
Scope & Content:
These papers appear to be the original plan for the famous voyage which carried James Flint to Chusan.
Letter 200 J. Harris in Berlin to Alexander Hume requesting to know what commissions and allowances he received during a voyage from Ostend to Bengal and on the first voyage of the old Heathcote.
Letter 201 Consul Alexander Drummond in Aleppo to Robert James concerning the security of the Company's packets following the tampering of some by a Venetian and the Dutch Consul.