East India Company's 'Account Current' for the Factory at Mocha. Dated 15 September 1744 and signed by Stephen Cobham, Captain of the EIC ship Edgbaston, Thomas Thomson and Richard Wood. Received by the EIC ship Winchester.
Letter from the Edgbaston to the Court of Directors
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Letter to the East India Company Court of Directors, reporting on the recent trading voyage to Mocha by the EIC ship Edgbaston. Dated 12 November 1744 and signed by Thomas Thomson and Richard Wood, supracargoes of the Edgbaston. Received by the EIC ship Winchester.
Letter from Bombay Castle to the supracargoes of the East India Company ship Doddington, giving instructions for their upcoming trading voyage to Mocha. Dated 1 March 1753 and signed by Richard Bouchier, Governor of Bombay, and by J Sewell, H Symmons, Thomas Hodges, Richard Douglas and W A Price....
Copy of a charter-party [contract] between the East India Company and the owners, John Hallett and Abraham Wells, and master, Norton Hutchison, of the Doddington, bound for Bombay [Mumbai]. The charter-party is printed, with details added by hand, and is dated 30 August 1751. Received by the Dodd...
Manifest of Private Silver Shipped on the Royal Duke
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Manifest of private silver licensed to be carried on board the East India Company ship Royal Duke for transport to Mocha. Dated 2 March 1752 and signed by Thomas Welch of the Company's Bullion Office. Received by the EIC ship Doddington.
Copy of the victualling bill [list of stores] for the East India Company ship Doddington, bound for Bombay [Mumbai]. Dated 4 March 1752 and signed by H J Crabb-Boulton of the Company's Committee of Shipping. The bill is printed, with details added by hand. Received by the Doddington.
Manifest of Private Goods Shipped on the Doddington
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Manifest of private goods and 'foreign silver' licensed to be carried on board the East India Company ship Doddington, bound for Bombay [Mumbai]. Dated 4 March 1752 and signed by H J Crabb-Boulton of the Company's Committee of Shipping. Received by the Doddington.
Invoice for stationary ware 'for the use of the Supracargoes' and provisions 'for the use of the Factory' to be carried on board the East India Company ship Royal Duke for transport to Mocha. Dated 4 March 1752 and signed by Thomas Kort. Received by the EIC ship Doddington.
Copy of a commission by the East India Company to Norton Hutchison, Captain of the EIC ship Doddington, charging him to seize any persons trading unlawfully in the Company's trading areas. The commission is printed, with details added by hand, and is dated 4 March 1752. Received by the Doddington.
Orders from the Court of Directors to the Doddington
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Orders and instructions given by the East India Company Court of Directors to the supracargoes of the EIC ship Doddington for their upcoming trading voyage to Mocha. Dated both 4 March 1751 and 4 March 1752 in different places, the latter date is assumed to be correct. Received by the Doddington.