Letter 217 John Lethbridge in Senegal to Robert James reporting his arrival in Senegal and his intention to travel to the Isle of May [Maio] to fish on the wreck of the Princess Louisa
Scope & Content:
The Princess Louisa was lost on a reef near Maio, Cape Verde Islands 18 April 1743.
Letter 255 Charles Thomas Coggan on behalf of the Committee of Shipping to Robert James that Thomas Moore had been approved as Chief Mate of the Deptford
Letter 266 Charles Thomas Coggan on behalf of the Committee of Shipping to Robert James giving the names of those ships' mates approved by the Committee
Scope & Content:
John Waddell, Second Mate, Plassey; William Applegarth, Second Mate, Falmouth; Phineas Hunt, Third Mate, Falmouth.
Letter 285 Charles Thomas Coggan to Robert James that the Committee of Shipping had approved the appointment of George Back as Fourth Mate of the Cruttenden