East India Company's 'Account Current' for the Factory at Mocha. Dated 18 September 1732 and signed by Isaac Houssaye, Charles English and Richard Martyn, officers of the EIC ships Houghton and Monmouth. Received by the Houghton.
Letter from the Houghton to the Court of Directors
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Letter from the East India Company ship Houghton to the Court of Directors, accounting in detail its trading expedition to Mocha. Dated 23 December 1732 and signed by Isaac Houssaye, Charles English and Richard Martyn, officers on the EIC ships Houghton and Monmouth. Received by the Houghton.
General letter from Mocha to the East India Company Court of Directors, reporting improved trading conditions. Dated 23 April 1733 and signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha. Received by the EIC ship Prince William.
Extracts from the diary of the East India Company ship Prince William, 10-25 May 1733, reporting that the Government of Mocha demanded money for the export of 600 bales of coffee that would usually be free of customs.
List of ships arriving at Mocha, January to June 1733. Showing names of ship, master and supracargo; dates of arrival and departure; place of origin and destination; and details of cargo, tonnage and guns. Signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha, and undated. Received by the East India C...
Letter to the East India Company Court of Directors, giving an account of investigations at Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqih] and explaining that the recent high price of coffee there was due to a new tax on coffee plants, the lack of rain, and competition from Turkish [Ottoman] merchants. W...
List of correspondence and other papers sent from Mocha to the East India Company Court of Directors on board the EIC ship Prince William. Undated and unsigned.
Letters from the Prince William to the Court of Directors
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Copies of two letters from the East India Company ship Prince William to the EIC Court of Directors. Sent from the Cape of Good Hope and Mocha, and dated respectively 3 March and 1 July 1733. Each signed by William Beresford, Captain of the Prince William, and Edward Page.
Diary of the transactions of Francis Dickinson, on behalf of the East India Company as their Commissary at Mocha, 1 April-3 July 1733. Signed by Dickinson and John Hawys.
General letter from Mocha to the East India Company Court of Directors. It reports on shipping, goods received, investments, trade and accounts. Dated 4 July 1733 and signed by Francis Dickinson, Commissary at Mocha, and John Hawys. Received by the EIC ship Prince William.