Letters 117-120 the Duke of Grafton, Bond Street to Robert James enclosing a memorial to the effects of the Baron de Vasseros and desiring that a proper order may be given for the recovery of the same
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Committee of Correspondence to take suitable notice thereof in the Advices to Bombay. Enclosures: copy of the memorial in French (ff 246-247) and English (ff 249-250).
Letter 121 Philip Stephens, Admiralty Office to Robert James that the Company's request for assistance for the Earl of Lincoln from His Majesty's Yard at Plymouth will be complied with
Letters 122-125 John Fremantle, Custom House, London to Robert James regarding an allegation of misconduct and a counter-allegation of bribery relating to Company papers being brought from Plymouth to London, with enclosures
Letter 127 Mr Walpole, Council Office, Whitehall to Mr Thomas Nuthall enclosing copy of a petition of the Turky Company to the King in Council complaining the East India Company's trading to Bussorah [Basra] (no longer enclosed)
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Committee of Correspondence with Mr Nuthall to examine and report.
Letter 128 George Clifford & Sons, Amsterdam to Robert James enclosing details of the prices the sundry goods sold for at the Dutch East India Company's sale at the Amsterdam Chamber 28 October 1765
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Folios 266-269, Particulars in Dutch of the prices the sundry goods sold for.
Letter 129 John Fremantle, Custom House, London to Robert James regarding the Company's suspension of Mr Bonwicke, Purser of the British King and his being under prosecution for offering a bribe to Customs Officers.
Letters 130-132 Grey Cooper, Treasury Chambers to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company enclosing copy Tea Dealers Memorial to import 500,000 lbs Bohea Tea and desiring their attendance on Monday next
Letter 133 George Clifford & Sons, Amsterdam to Robert James giving details of how an English pound weight of tea equates to Swedish, Danish and Dutch pounds