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1731. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.517-520

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.517-520
Title:
General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A general letter from the Mocha Factory to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, signed by Robert Cowan, Thomas Rammell, Francis Dickinson and Francis Everest. Dated 27 July 1726. The letter discusses matters including: the price of coffee at Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh], and the p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1727
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

1732. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.522-525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.522-525
Title:
‘Price Currant of Goods in Mocha 1726’
Scope & Content:
A list of current prices in Mocha for various goods in 1726. Examined by Francis Dickinson. Received via the ship Drake, 17 February 1726 [New Style date 17 February 1727].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1727
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

1733. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.526-531

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.526-531
Title:
‘A Relation of the Manner of Mr. Cowan's abusing the Company in their Investment of Coffee at Mocho in the Year 1726.’
Scope & Content:
A document setting out how Robert Cowan, when Chief of the Mocha Factory, with the aid of John Gerrard, Second of the Mocha Factory, was accused of purchasing coffee for his own private account at a cheaper price than the East India Company would have been expected to pay, and therefore serving ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1726
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

1734. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.532-533

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.532-533
Title:
‘Some Remarks on Mr. Cowan's purchasing Coffee at Mocho and sparing it to the Company Anno 1726.’
Scope & Content:
A document containing comments in defence of Robert Cowan against the accusation made that while he was Chief of the Mocha Factory he served his own interests whilst neglecting the East India Company’s interests, when purchasing coffee.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1726
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

1735. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.534-535

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.534-535
Title:
General Letter from Bombay Castle to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A general letter from Bombay Castle to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, signed by William Phipps, John Hope, John Braddyel, Robert Cowan, Hezekiah King, Thomas Waters and Henry Lowther. Dated 6 September 1726. The letter reports on the withdrawal of the Company from Mocha, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1727
Extent:

1 item (2 folios)

1736. IOR/G/17/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/2
Title:
Letters and Accounts from Mocha
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain papers relating to the East India Company’s factory at Mocha. The papers include letters, primarily from the Mocha Factory to the Company’s Court of Directors, but also including copies of correspondence between the Mocha Factory and the Bombay Factory, to which it was subor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1728-14 Aug 1740
Extent:

3 volumes (484 folios)

1737. IOR/G/17/2 Part 1 f.17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/2 Part 1 f.17
Title:
Accounts of the Prince Frederick
Scope & Content:
Accounts for the East India Company related to the activities of EIC ship Prince Frederick at Mocha, 25 April 1729. Signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha. Received by the Prince Frederick.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1729
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

1738. IOR/G/17/2 Part 1 f.18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/2 Part 1 f.18
Title:
List of Ships Arriving at Mocha
Scope & Content:
List of ships arriving at Mocha, November 1728 to April 1729, showing: dates of arrival and departure; names of ship, master and supracargo; place of origin and some destinations; and tonnage weight and number of guns. Dated 25 April 1729 and signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha. Rece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1729
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

1739. IOR/G/17/2 Part 1 f.35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/2 Part 1 f.35
Title:
List of Ships Arriving at Mocha
Scope & Content:
List of ships arriving at Mocha, November 1728 to July 1729, showing: dates of arrival and departure; names of ship, master and supracargo; place of origin and some destinations; and tonnage weight and number of guns. Undated and unsigned. Received by the East India Company ship Heathcote.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1729
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

1740. IOR/G/17/2 Part 1 f.73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/2 Part 1 f.73
Title:
Account of Coffee Purchases at Beetlefuckee
Scope & Content:
Account of coffee purchases made at Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqih] on behalf of the East India Company, and associated costs at Mocha. Signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha, and dated 20 July 1731.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1731
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

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