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2261. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.495-496

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.495-496
Title:
‘Stewards Acco.t of Expences in the Month of April 1726.’
Scope & Content:
Steward's account listing house expenses (mostly various items of food and drink, and wood), Factory charges, servants’ wages, and stable charges, for the month of April 1726. Signed by Nicholas Goodwin and dated 1 May 1726.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1726
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2262. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.497-502

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.497-502
Title:
General Letter from Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
A general letter from the Mocha Factory to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay, signed by Robert Cowan, Charles English, and Francis Dickinson. Dated 5 May 1726. The letter reports on matters mostly relating to the following: ships which had arrived at Mocha and the goods they had brought, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1727
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

2263. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.503-504

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.503-504
Title:
‘Stewards Acco.t of Expences in the Month of May 1726.’
Scope & Content:
Steward's account listing house expenses (mostly various items of food and drink, and wood), Factory charges, servants’ wages, stable charges, house and factors’ provisions, factory stores, and household furniture, for the month of May 1726. Signed by Nicholas Goodwin and dated 1 June 1726.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1726
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2264. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.505-506

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.505-506
Title:
‘Invoyce of 2500 Bales Coffee Laden by Robert Cowan Esq.r Chief &c Council at Mocha on board the Drake Capt. William Westerbane Commander bound for England and goes Consigned to the Honble Court of Directors of the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East India’s being Marked and Numbred as p Margent the perticulars are as follows’
Scope & Content:
An invoice for coffee carried on board the ship Drake, bound for England, and related expenses, dated 10 June 1726 and signed by Robert Cowan and Francis Dickinson. It was received via the ship Princess Amelia, 24 June 1727.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1727
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2265. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.508-513

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.508-513
Title:
General Letter from the Mocha Factory to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A general letter from the Mocha Factory to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, signed by Robert Cowan, Charles English and Francis Dickinson. Dated 12 June 1726. The letter reports on matters mostly relating to the following: ships which had arrived at Mocha and ships which had d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1727
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

2266. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.514-515

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.514-515
Title:
Copy of General Letter from Mocha to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
A copy of a general letter from the Mocha Factory to William Phipps, Governor of Bombay, signed by Robert Cowan and Francis Dickinson. Dated 12 June 1726. The letter mostly reports on the dispatch of ships from Mocha for Bombay and elsewhere, carrying goods including coffee, quicksilver and verm...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1727
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

2267. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.517-520

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.517-520
Title:
General Letter from Mocha to the Court of Directors
Scope & Content:
A general letter from the Mocha Factory to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, signed by Robert Cowan, Thomas Rammell, Francis Dickinson and Francis Everest. Dated 27 July 1726. The letter discusses matters including: the price of coffee at Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh], and the p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1727
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2268. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.522-525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.522-525
Title:
‘Price Currant of Goods in Mocha 1726’
Scope & Content:
A list of current prices in Mocha for various goods in 1726. Examined by Francis Dickinson. Received via the ship Drake, 17 February 1726 [New Style date 17 February 1727].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1727
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

2269. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.526-531

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.526-531
Title:
‘A Relation of the Manner of Mr. Cowan's abusing the Company in their Investment of Coffee at Mocho in the Year 1726.’
Scope & Content:
A document setting out how Robert Cowan, when Chief of the Mocha Factory, with the aid of John Gerrard, Second of the Mocha Factory, was accused of purchasing coffee for his own private account at a cheaper price than the East India Company would have been expected to pay, and therefore serving ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1726
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

2270. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.532-533

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 ff.532-533
Title:
‘Some Remarks on Mr. Cowan's purchasing Coffee at Mocho and sparing it to the Company Anno 1726.’
Scope & Content:
A document containing comments in defence of Robert Cowan against the accusation made that while he was Chief of the Mocha Factory he served his own interests whilst neglecting the East India Company’s interests, when purchasing coffee.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1726
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)