‘Account Presents given to Sundry Officers in the Governmt of Mocha & Beetlefuckee commencing July 17th: 1721 & Ending July 14 1722 The Gov:r & Deputy Govr of Beetlefuckee their annuall Present’
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Account of presents given to officers in the Government of Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh], including the Governor of Beetlefuckee, the Governor of Mocha, the Imaum [Imam], and the Vizeer [Vizier], from 17 July 1721 to 14 July 1722. Received via the ship Caesar on 1 March 1722 [New Style ...
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...
‘List of the Honble Company’s Covenant Servants Soldiers and Menial Servants in their Factory at Mocha August 4th 1723’
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A list of the covenanted servants and soldiers belonging to the East India Company in the Mocha Factory, dated 4 August 1723, and received via the ship Craggs on 27 May 1724.
Account of the Weights, Measures and Coins in Use at Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh]
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An account of the weights, measures and coins in use at Mocha and Beetlefuckee [Bayt al Faqīh], examined by John Style and dated 14 July 1722. The account was received via the ship Caesar on 1 March 1722 [New Style date 1 March 1723].
Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan and the Factors at Mocha
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A copy of a general letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan and the factors at Mocha, dated 13 December 1723. The letter discusses matters including: ships which had arrived and which had been dispatched; goods received from Europe; investments in coffee and other goods for sale; the trade o...
Copy of General Letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan, Chief, and Factors at Mocha
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A copy of a general letter from Bombay Castle to Robert Cowan, Chief, and the factors at Mocha, dated 28 October 1724. The letter mostly concerns matters relating to the following: ships which had arrived at Bombay from Mocha, and ships which had departed Bombay for Mocha; the sale of goods fr...
Letter from William Phipps to the Court of Directors
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A letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, signed by William Phipps. The letter is dated 19 August 1721, but it includes a duplicate copy of a letter dated 20 July 1721 (see also IOR/G/17/1 Part 1: ff.64-67). The letter reports progress made on standardisation of weights, and ...
‘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.