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591. IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.132-133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.132-133
Title:
Account of the Weights, Measures and Coins in Use at Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh]
Scope & Content:
An account of the weights, measures and coins in use at Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh], examined by John Style and dated 14 July 1722. The account was received via the ship Caesar on 1 March 1722 [New Style date 1 March 1723].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1723
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

592. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.269-278

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.269-278
Title:
Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan and the Factors at Mocha
Scope & Content:
A copy of a general letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan and the factors at Mocha, dated 13 December 1723. The letter discusses matters including: ships which had arrived and which had been dispatched; goods received from Europe; investments in coffee and other goods for sale; the trade o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1725
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

593. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.367-374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.367-374
Title:
Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan, Chief, and Factors at Mocha
Scope & Content:
A copy of a general letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan, Chief, and the factors at Mocha, dated 28 October 1724. The letter mostly concerns matters relating to the following: ships which had arrived at Bombay from Mocha, and ships which had departed Bombay for Mocha; the sale of goods fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1726
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

594. IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.77-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.77-82
Title:
Letter from William Phipps to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, signed by William Phipps. The letter is dated 19 August 1721, but it includes a duplicate copy of a letter dated 20 July 1721 (see also IOR/G/17/1 Part 1: ff.64-67). The letter reports progress made on standardisation of weights, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1722
Extent:
1 item

595. IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 f.42
Title:
‘List of the Places Names where the Coffee grows and their distance from Beetlefuckee’
Scope & Content:
A list of places where coffee is grown and their respective distances from Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh]. It was received via the ship Sunderland on 19 March 1722.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1722
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

596. IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.113-116

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.113-116
Title:
Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to the Chief and Factors at Mocha
Scope & Content:
A copy of a general letter from Bombay Castle to the Chief and factors at the Mocha Factory, dated 27 March 1722. It reports news of ships that had been dispatched, and other news including the surrender of Spahaun [Isfahan] to Afghan invaders. It also gives instructions, including the following...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1724
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

597. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.356-357

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.356-357
Title:
Copy of General Letter from Mocha to the President and Council of Bombay
Scope & Content:
A copy of a general letter from Mocha to the President and Council of Bombay, signed by Robert Cowan, John Gerrard, Thomas Rammell, John Style, and Francis Dickinson. It is dated 11 August 1724. The letter reports the following: the departure from Mocha of the ships the London, the Greenwich, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1725
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

598. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.477-486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.477-486
Title:
Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to the Robert Cowan, Chief, at Mocha
Scope & Content:
A copy of a general letter to Robert Cowan, Chief at the Mocha Factory, from Bombay Castle, dated 1 January 1725/6 [Old Style date 1725, New Style date 1726]. The letter mostly concerns matters relating to the following: shipping, including ships which had arrived at Bombay from Mocha, and shi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1727
Extent:
1 item (10 folios)

599. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.290-293

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.290-293
Title:
Copy of General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A copy of a general letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, signed by Robert Cowan and Francis Dickinson, dated 26 January 1723/4 [Old Style date 1723, New Style date 1724]. The letter reports on matters including: ships and goods which had arrived at Mocha, and sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Apr 1725
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

600. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.425-430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.425-430
Title:
Letter from Robert Cowan, Chief at Mocha, to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A letter from Robert Cowan, Chief at Mocha, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 5 August 1725, and signed by Cowan. Cowan complains about impositions on trade imposed by the Government, in the form of the Emaum [Imam], the Vizier, the Governor of Mocha, and the Imam’s age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1726
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)