Letter 17 Memorandum from Secretary Henry Newman of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to Thomas Woolley requesting that three assistant missionaries take their passage on board the Townshend.
Letters 18-19 Consul Daniel Foulis at Ostend to Thomas Woolley providing intelligence on English ships obtaining commissions from the Emperor to sail to the East Indies under foreign colours. Related papers attached.
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Dated 11 Jan 1718/19. Enclosure: List of ships in the Harbour of Ostend bound for the East Indies, 11 January 1719
Letters 21-22 George Cole to Thomas Woolley enclosing a copy of a pamphlet entitled: "Reasons against the Bill for the better securing the Lawful Trade of His Majesty's Subjects to and from the East-Indies, and for the more effectual preventing all His Majesty's Subjects Trading thither under Foreign Commissions."
Letter 25 Extract of a Letter from Monsieur de St Saphorin in Vienna to the Earl Stanhope relating to the Emperor's patents employing English vessels to sail from Ostend to the East Indies.
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Dated 18 Jan 1718/19 Referred to the Committee of Correspondence.