Invoice of goods loaded onto the East India Company ship Morice at Mocha, 30 July 1729. Signed by David Wilkie, Christopher Wilson and Thomas Liell Jr, officers of EIC ships.
Letter to the East India Company Court of Directors, 20 April 1730. Written on board the EIC ship Heathcote, moored off Tarbay [Torbay], and giving an account of the voyage to England from Mocha and of news received along the route. Signed by David Wilkie and Thomas Liell Jr, Captain and Lieutena...
Letters from Mocha to the East India Company Court of Directors, reporting trade and other events at Mocha. Dated 30 March 1730 and 18 June 1730, and signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha. Received via Aleppo and Marseilles.
Account of coffee purchases made at Beetlefuchee [Bayt al Faqih] on behalf of the East India Company, March-April 1730. Signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha, and dated 20 July 1730.
General letter from Mocha to the East India Company Court of Directors, reporting trade at Mocha and other events, including the plunder of Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqih]. Signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha, and dated 31 July 1730. Received by the EIC ship Lethieullier.
List of ships arriving at Mocha, December 1729 to July 1730, showing: dates of arrival and departure; names of ship, master and supracargo; tonnage and number of guns; and place of origin and destination. Dated 31 July 1730 and signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha. Received by the Eas...
Invoice of goods loaded onto the East India Company ship Barrington at Mocha, 1 August 1730. Signed by John Starke and Henry Plant. Received by the EIC ship Prince William.
Letter from the Barrington to the Court of Directors
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Letter from the East India Company ship Barrington to the Court of Directors, complaining that they were required to pay higher customs to export coffee from Mocha than that agreed by treaty, and reporting that the recent sacking of Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqih] and other troubles in the hinterlan...
Letter from the Barrington to the Court of Directors
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Letter from the East India Company ship Barrington to the Court of Directors, signed by John Starke and dated 18 August 1730, discussing his health and his hopes for a continuing career with the Company. Received by the EIC ship Craggs.
Letter from Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, reporting that the EIC ship Barrington was wrecked on the reef at Bombay Harbour, and that measures were taken to salvage some of the cargo. Signed by John Starke and Henry Plant, and dated 27 August 1730. Received by the E...