Letter from Beetlefackee to the Court of Directors
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Letter from Beetlefackee [Bayt al Faqih] to the East India Company Court of Directors, reporting the arrival of the EIC ship Duke of Cumberland at Mocha. Dated 19 May 1770 and signed by Thomas Mathewson and Malachi Blake.
Register of Private Goods Shipped on the Shrewsbury
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Register of private trade loaded onto the East India Company ship Shrewsbury at Mocha. Dated 21 August 1772 and signed by Benjamin Jones, Captain of the Shrewsbury. Received by the Shrewsbury.
Account of tonnage of goods and personnel on board the East India Company ship Shrewsbury at Mocha. Dated 21 August 1772 and signed by Benjamin Jones, Captain of the Shrewsbury, and by Edward Ironside and John Harvey. Received by the Shrewsbury.
A list of ships arriving at Mocha and departing from Mocha, November 1724 to July 1725, dated 6 August 1725. The list provides the following information: the names of the ships; the names of the masters and supercargoes of the ships; dates of arrival; dates of departure; the places of origin of ...
Printed copy of the East India Company's tenth by-law and an 'Order of Encouragement' relating to unlicensed trade 'into and from the East-Indies'. Dated 4 November 1709. Received by the EIC ship Bute.
‘Stewards Acco’. of Disbursements for the Month of Oct 1721’
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Steward's account of expenditure for the month of October 1721, signed by Thomas Rammell and dated 31 October 1721. It lists the amount spent on the following: various food items, milk, water, and wood; servants’ wages; sundry particulars; and stable charges.
Letter from Francis Dickinson to Isaac Houssaye and Richard Martyn
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Copy of a letter from Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha, to Isaac Houssaye and Richard Martyn, dated 16 June 1732, refuting allegations that he purchased coffee at Mocha to sell to the East India Company at a profit. Received by the EIC ship Houghton.
Account of Coffee Purchases at Beetlefuckee, Mocha and Senna
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Account of coffee purchases made at Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqih], Mocha and Senna [San'a] for loading onto the East India Company ship Defence, and associated costs. Dated 12 July 1739 and signed by John Wallis.