Bombay Presidency's 'Account Current' for the Factory at Mocha. Dated 16 July 1734 and signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha, and Richard Pinnell, Captain of the East India Company ship Princess Louisa. Received by the Princess Louisa.
Letter from the Houghton to the Court of Directors
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Letter from the East India Company ship Houghton to the Court of Directors, reporting on trade and other affairs at Mocha. Dated 22 August 1732 and signed by Isaac Houssaye, Charles English and Richard Martyn, officers on the EIC ships Houghton and Monmouth.
Receipt for bullion delivered to the Presidency of Bombay by the East India Company ship Monmouth, signed by Robert Cowan, Governor of Bombay, and members of the Council of Bombay, and dated 18 September 1732.
East India Company's 'Account Current' for the Factory at Mocha. Dated 18 September 1732 and signed by Isaac Houssaye, Charles English and Richard Martyn, officers of the EIC ships Houghton and Monmouth. Received by the Houghton.
Letter from the Houghton to the Court of Directors
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Letter from the East India Company ship Houghton to the Court of Directors, accounting in detail its trading expedition to Mocha. Dated 23 December 1732 and signed by Isaac Houssaye, Charles English and Richard Martyn, officers on the EIC ships Houghton and Monmouth. Received by the Houghton.
General letter from Mocha to the East India Company Court of Directors, reporting improved trading conditions. Dated 23 April 1733 and signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha. Received by the EIC ship Prince William.
Extracts from the diary of the East India Company ship Prince William, 10-25 May 1733, reporting that the Government of Mocha demanded money for the export of 600 bales of coffee that would usually be free of customs.
List of ships arriving at Mocha, January to June 1733. Showing names of ship, master and supracargo; dates of arrival and departure; place of origin and destination; and details of cargo, tonnage and guns. Signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha, and undated. Received by the East India C...
Letter to the East India Company Court of Directors, giving an account of investigations at Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqih] and explaining that the recent high price of coffee there was due to a new tax on coffee plants, the lack of rain, and competition from Turkish [Ottoman] merchants. W...
List of correspondence and other papers sent from Mocha to the East India Company Court of Directors on board the EIC ship Prince William. Undated and unsigned.