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181. Foster 638

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 638
Title:
John Mowbray, Calcutta merchant, seated at a desk piled with account books, attended by a banian or money agent and messenger. Artist(s): Hickey, Thomas (1741-1824), attributed to
Scope & Content:
John Mowbray in his office; c.1790. Mowbray, wearing a black velvet suit, cream embroidered waistcoat, grey silk stockings, and white cravat, is seated at a desk piled with account books. An Indian messenger in pink dress, white turban and orange shawl stands behind with a paper. Mowbray’s ba...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

182. IO Album 53,5044

Reference (shelfmark):
IO Album 53,5044
Title:
Muslim trader
Scope & Content:
Muhammadan trader. Inscribed: ‘No.14. A Moola or Moosulman Trader.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

183. IOR/F/4/1148/30305

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1148/30305
Title:
‘Unfriendly conduct of the Dola of Mocha towards the Surat Merchants’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay concerned with the action taken by the Resident at Mocha, Captain Bagnold, in response to a dispute between Surat merchants and the Dola [Governor] of Mocha. The dispute relates to outsta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Feb 1823-24 May 1828
Extent:
1 item (77 folios)

184. IOR/F/4/1929/82840

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1929/82840
Title:
‘Mocha. Certain Surat merchants request that protection may be afforded to their Agents & merchandize in the Red Sea’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; merchants from Surat; William Augustus Pelly, Collector of Continental Customs and E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jul 1840-25 Aug 1841
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

185. IOR/G/17/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1
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, mainly the following: letters from the Mocha Factory to the East India Company’s Court of Directors; copies of letters from the Mocha Factory to the Bombay Factory, to which the Mocha ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1644-21 Oct 1789
Extent:

3 volumes (547 folios)

186. IOR/L/MAR/B/237G

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/B/237G
Title:
York: Journal
Scope & Content:
The journal of a voyage to the East Indies on board the ship York by Captain Peter Lascelles. The journal contains: The ‘List of Officers & Seamen on board the ship York from England to the East Indies 1760’ (ff 2-4) The ‘Names [and] Quality [of] Passengers’ (f 4) The Members of ‘Coll: Moris...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1760-4 Mar 1763
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)

187. IOR/L/MAR/C/586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/586
Title:
Survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company's Cruiser Ternate
Scope & Content:
A survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company cruisers the Ternate and the Sylph (1810-1811). Folios 23-142 contain a report of proceedings on board the Ternate, 1 January-25 September 1811. The report contains: The daily entri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1811
Extent:
1 volume (211 folios)

188. IOR/L/MAR/C/901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/901
Title:
Miscellaneous Marine Papers
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of various documents mostly relating to East India Company shipping. The documents include the following: Correspondence relating to surviving passengers who had been on board the shipwrecked Dutch East India Company ship Woestduyn, and various receipts for related expens...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
c 1723-c 1810
Extent:
1 volume (368 folios)

189. IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 356-369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/424, ff 356-369
Title:
Bagdad Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 72 of 1843, dated 2 October 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 1-21 September 1843. The papers concern the conduct of the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1843
Extent:
1 item (14 folios)

190. IOR/L/PS/5/464, ff 1a-9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/464, ff 1a-9
Title:
Aden Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 29 of 1850, dated 11 May 1850. Enclosure No. 3, dated 28 April 1850, is a letter from the Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1850
Extent:
1 item (9 folios)

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