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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Mercury, ship, 1759-1784

1. IOR/L/MAR/B/454C-E

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/B/454C-E
Title:
Mercury: Journal
Scope & Content:
Journal of the East India Company ship the Mercury by Augustus Joseph Applegarth, Chief Mate. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay, Madras, Bengal and the Persian Gulf and back, between 21 November 1777 and 19 June 1784 (Captain George Forbes). The journal contains daily...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1777-19 Jun 1784
Extent:
2 volumes (332 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/3
Title:
Vol 3 Letters Outward (from Bushire)
Scope & Content:
A collection of letters sent outwards from the Residency in Bushire between 1778 and 1787. The majority of the letters are sent to East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Letters are also sent to numerous ship captains and a limited number are sent to local rulers. The letters...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1778-22 Sep 1787
Extent:
1 volume, 252 items (180 pages)

3. IOR/R/15/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/4
Title:
Vol 4 Letters inward
Scope & Content:
This volume is a letter book which is comprised of contemporaneous copies of letters received at the Residency at Bushire between 1779 and 1787. Most of the letters are from East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Many of the letters from Bombay also include enclosed letters ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1778-28 Jan 1787
Extent:
1 volume, 133 items (61 folios)