Letter 60 Captain John Griffin of the Admiral Stevens to Robert James that Mr Symonds, Surveyor of the Customs had cause offence to eleven of the Lascars aboard the Admiral Stevens by taking their Turbans when they went ashore and asking the Company to intercede on their behalf
Letter 61 Messrs Hore, Vanstralen & Co, Cadiz to Robert James that they would have provided assistance to Captain Frederick Vincent in repairing the Osterley, but that the Captain had sought assistance from Messrs Butlers & Mathew instead
Letter 62 George Clifford & Sons, Amsterdam to Robert James acknowledging the Company's instructions to pay a bill drawn on the Company by Captain John Griffin and enclosing details of the prices the spices sold for at the various Dutch Chambers
Scope & Content:
f. 154 handwritten list of prices of goods at the respective chambers of the Dutch East India Company including Pepper, Cinnamon Red letter, and Cinnamon Black letter.
Letter 65 John Fremantle at the Customs House to Robert James that the Commissioners for Customs had investigated the allegations made by Captain John Griffin regarding Turbans taken from Lascars going ashore and had concluded that only such items as were being deliberately concealed and illegally brought ashore had been confiscated.
Scope & Content:
The letter states that the items seized had been deliberately concealed, and that this did include some individuals Turbans where the length of material was far in excess of the usual five or six yards required for one. The goods seized included: 2 pieces of entire muslim, yard wide about 20 yar...
Letter 66 The Navy Board (G Cockburne, C Mason & R Temple) to the Court of Directors that a Bill of Exchange may be paid to the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy
Letter 69 Consul William Kinloch, at Constantinople to Robert James forwarding packets and letters from Aleppo and regarding the firman he had obtained relating to Consulage for the Company
Letter 70 Ynyr Burges at East India House to the Court of Directors certifying that he has received the Admiral Stevens account of wages, which requires an advance of £600
Letters 71-72 Captain William Brereton, Norfolk Street, London to Robert James to have copies of the orders given by the Governor & Council of Manilha to Mr C P Saulnier