Letters 161-163 Secretary Charles Carkesse at the Customs House in London to Thomas Woolley forwarding papers relating to the seizure of East India goods. Related papers attached.
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Enclosures: Testimony regarding the running of tea from Company ships at Deptford.
Letter 271 John Read at East India House to Thomas Woolley reporting that the Committee of Shipping have examined and approved ships’ mates for the Caernarvon and Montague.
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Jonathan Prideaux, Chief Mate, Caernarvon George Bagwell, 2nd Mate, Montague Daniel Greson, 3rd Mate, Montague
Letters 94-95 George Clifford and Sons in Amsterdam to Robert James forwarding copies of Captain John Hereford's drafts on them for 221 Rix Dollars, and his original letter requesting the same.
Letters 17-18 Bulram Cotna at Chandernagore to the Court concerning repressions received from the Country Governor at Bengal at the instigation of Omichund and the manner of management of the contracts for the Company's investments. Requests the Court's intervention in securing him justice.
Letter 215 Petition of Noquedah Poah at Fort Marlborough to the Court complaining of the oppressive treatment he is suffering due to a debt owed to a Mr Hurlock.
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Contains a stamped red personal seal containing two Chinese characters.
Letters 160-161 Lord Bute to the Court enclosing extract resolution of the States General of the United Provinces pressing for an indemnification and redress of injuries to the Dutch trade in Bengal and recommending a speedy accommodation
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Committee of Correspondence to prepare a response. Enclosed: Copy extract resolutation of the States General complaining of injuries to the Trade in India and particularly in Bengal and seriously demanding indemnification and redress and in the meantime provisional orders hither for accommodati...
Letters 175-178 to and from Captain Frederick Vincent at Bencoolen and the Dutch servants at Padang relating to their seizing and keeping possession of the English settlement of Nattal
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Original letters from Captain Vincent received via Holland 24 Sep 1762: 3 Sep 1761 Frederick Vincent at Bencoolen to the Chief of Affairs for the Honourable the Netherlands Company at Padang (letter 175, folio 384) 30 Sep 1761 Dutch servants at Padang to the Chief of the English Affairs at Benc...
Letters 34-41 Thomas Townshend at the War Office to Laurence Sulivan enclosing papers relating to a supposed breach of the capitulation of Mahé and asking for any relevant information the Company may have on the matter
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Enclosures, forward to the Committee of Correspondence for information and to report: Letter from the Earl of Bute, Secretary of War, to Mr Townshend, 25 January 1762 (ff 66-67); Memorial concerning the breach of the capitulation of Mahé on the Part of the British Court (f 68); Extract of a lett...