Account of Coffee Purchases at Beetlefuckee, Mocha and Senna
Scope & Content:
Account of coffee purchases made at Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqih], Mocha and Senna [San'a] for loading onto the East India Company ship Defence, and associated costs. Dated 12 July 1739 and signed by John Wallis.
Sailing orders for Captain Thomas Coates, Commander of the East India Company ship Defence, to depart Mocha for St Hellena [St Helena] and London. Dated 12 July 1739 and signed by John Wallis and Thomas Thomson.
Account of Coffee Exported from Ports in the Gulf of Mocha
Scope & Content:
Account of coffee exported from various ports in the Gulf of Mocha during the first half of 1739, with destinations. Dated 12 July 1739 and signed by John Wallis.
List of ships arriving at Mocha, January 1739 to June 1739. Showing names of ship, master and supracargo; date of arrival and departure; place of origin and destination; cargo inward and outward bound; and tonnage, guns and number of men. Dated 12 July 1739 and signed by John Wallis.
Receipt for 'foreign' silver received by the Treasury of the Bombay Presidency from Mocha on board the East India Company ship Defence. Dated 10 August 1739 and signed by Stephen Law, Governor of Bombay, and Charles Rigby and John Geekie, members of the Council of Bombay.
List of errors and overcharges in accounts for transactions at Mocha drawn up by John Wallis. Dated 23 August 1739 and signed by Thomas Coates, Captain of the East India Company ship Defence, and Thomas Thomson.