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Letter 28 Thomas Day to the Court requesting permission for his wife and a servant to go to Fort St George with him, as well as permission carry out £500 worth of gold thread and £500 worth of foreign silver.
Letter 3 Captain Robert Mead to the Court requesting an advance of £3,000 on the bottom of the Princess of Wales at the same rate allowed to the other commanders.
Letter 92 Sir John Eyles at South Sea House to the Court requesting licences from the Company granting the South Sea Company permission to sail to Madagascar to purchase slaves.
Letters 145-146 Captain De Laumer, formerly of the Comte de Lally's regiment, a French Prisoner at Wickham to Robert James regarding reimbursement for his wifes passage
Letter 319 Charles Thomas Coggan to Robert James with the names of new ships' mates approved by the Committee of Shipping
Scope & Content:
Michael Palliser, Chief Mate, Pocock; Joseph Hall, Chief Mate, Hawke; Matthew Hore, Second Mate, Havannah; William Fraser, Third Mate, Havannah; Samuel Rogers, Fouth Mate, Havannah; John Wade, Fourth Mate, Neptune.
Letter 333 Charles Thomas Coggan to Robert James giving the names of the ships' mates approved by the Committee of Shipping
Scope & Content:
James Judd, Chief Mate, Havannah; James Cahusac, Chief Mate, Glatton; William Ross, Third Mate, Glatton; Francis Lacam, Fourt Mate, Pocock; Thomas Swettenham, Fourth Mate, Hawke.