Mocha letters and accounts, 1644-1828. Correspondence re overland route, 1773-1799. Letters to Company from agent in Egypt, 1834-1858. Letters received by agent in Egypt, 1832-1870. Letters received by agent at Suez, 1838-1853. Letters received by agent at Cairo, 1837-1859. Letterbooks of Mr Waln...
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 ...
‘List of necessarys wanting for the use of the factory’
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A list of items wanted by the Mocha Factory, including medicines, wine, table beer, saddles, bridles, housing and holsters (for horses). It is dated 25 July 1720 and signed by Edward Say and Thomas Rammell. It was received via the ship Princess Anne.
‘List of what Presented the Governors & Officers of Mocha & Beetlefuckee’
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An account of items presented to the Governors and Officers at Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh], with prices given in Spanish dollars, dated Mocha August 1720. It was received via the ship Aislabie on 22 April 1722.
‘A Muster Role of Officers & Soldiers Belonging to Mocha Factory in the Year 1720’
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A muster roll of officers and soldiers of the Mocha Factory for the year 1720. It is signed by Edward Say and Thomas Rammell and was received via the ship Princess Anne on 18 March 1720 [New Style date 18 March 1721].
‘An Abstract of the Expenses in Mocha Factory for the Year 1720’
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An abstract of the expenses in the Factory at Mocha for the year 1720. It is signed by Edward Say and Thomas Rammell and dated 31 May 1720. It was received via the ship Princess Anne on 18 March 1720 [New Style date 18 March 1721].
‘A List of the Hon:ble Companys Convenant’d Servants In Mocha Factory. Their Stations & what Sallarys allowed them’
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A list of the covenanted servants of the Mocha Factory, their occupations and their salaries in Spanish dollars. It is signed by Edward Say and Thomas Rammell and was received via the ship Princess Anne on 18 Mar 1720 [New Style date 18 March 1721].
‘List of the Places Names where the Coffee grows and their distance from Beetlefuckee’
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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.
‘Steward’s Account of Disbursements for the Month of February 1721’
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Steward's account of expenditure for the month of February 1721 [New Style date February 1722], signed by Francis Dickinson and dated Mocha, 1 March 1721. It lists the amount spent on the following: various food items, milk, water, and wood; servants’ wages; stable charges; Factory charges; and ...