Duplicate letter from J P Baumgardt, Receiver General of Land Revenues at Cape to EIC Chairman Edward Parry, requesting permission for his wife to visit family in Bengal
Covering letters from Joachim van Plettenberg, second in command, Dutch administration at Cape, to EIC, requesting redirection of packets to Dutch East India Company
Part of 'A Narrative' description by Lt Henry Pemberton, 101st Regt, on board Pigot, of Croem or Crontz Riviere Bay [Krom Bay, eastern Cape] area and inhabitants, advocating Britain's annexation of Cape as good refreshment station en route to India
Copy despatch from John Pringle, first EIC Agent at Cape to EIC Secret Committee on arrival at the Cape; British Naval expedition under Adm Sir George Keith Elphinstone to seize Cape; political situation at Cape; supplies for fleet