‘Calculate of the medium of the Beetlefuckee Customhouse Weights taken January 23. 1722/3’
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A calculation table showing the medium of the custom house weights at Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh], signed by John Style and Nicholas Goodwin, and dated 23 January 1722/3 [Old Style date 1722, New Style date 1723]. It was received via the ship Barrington on 12 March 1723 [New Style date 12 Mar 1...
A list showing expenditure on Mocha Factory repairs for the month of January 1722 [New Style date January 1723], signed by Francis Dickinson and dated 31 January 1722 [New Style date 31 January 1723].
Letter from Captain William Mackett, J Gilbert and Richard Higginson to the Chief and Council at Mocha
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Letter from Captain William Mackett, J Gilbert and Richard Higginson at the Cape of Good Hope to the Chief and Council of the East India Company at Mocha, informing the latter that they had sent on the ships Barrington, Prince Augustus and Craggs salvaged cargo from the ship Nightingale which ha...
Letter from Benjamin Rosewell, Bursar of the Lyon, to the Commissioners for Victualling
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A letter of advice to the Commissioners for Victualling from Benjamin Rosewell, Purser of the ship Lyon, dated May 1723. It reports the borrowing of money from John Sarson, British Agent at Mocha, to pay for necessities.
Second bill of exchange for payment of money owed to the East India Company, drawn up by Benjamin Rosewell, Purser of the ship Lyon, dated 12 May 1723.