Certificate signed by James Ludovick Grant, 2nd Officer of the True Briton, testifying that James Rant sold 14 chests of tea to William Ward Farrer, 28 Oct 1792
Certificate signed by Thomas Roberts, testifying that on 29 September 1792 James Rant acknowledged that 14 chests of tea shipped on the True Briton were the property of William Ward Farrer, 11 Oct 1792,
Certificate signed by William Hodgkinson, Purser of the True Briton, testifying that James Rant had acknowledged that the teas shipped in his private trade were the property of William Ward Farrer, 26 Oct 1792
Certificate signed by James Borton, Captain's Clerk, testifying that to the best of his belief the 14 chests of Hyson tea shipped home in the private trade of James Rant were the property of William Ward Farrer, nd,
Extract from Military Dispatch to Madras of 19 May 1790 enquiring why Rear Admiral Sir Richard King received only the batta of a Captain while in India