Letter 65 John Fremantle at the Customs House to Robert James that the Commissioners for Customs had investigated the allegations made by Captain John Griffin regarding Turbans taken from Lascars going ashore and had concluded that only such items as were being deliberately concealed and illegally brought ashore had been confiscated.
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The letter states that the items seized had been deliberately concealed, and that this did include some individuals Turbans where the length of material was far in excess of the usual five or six yards required for one. The goods seized included: 2 pieces of entire muslim, yard wide about 20 yar...
Account of the sufferings by fire of the inhabitants at Bridge-Town, Barbados and details of the relief fund opened by subscription for them
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This letter has not been given a letter number in the volume, it sits between Letters 91 and 92. It is also not listed in the index at the back of the volume.
Letters 246-247 George Clifford & Sons, Amsterdam to Robert James that it would take three months to produce 125 tons of flower and that the best method of transport would be to send a vessel to the Texel
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Enclosures: Proforma invoice of 125 tons of wheat flower bought at Amsterdam with all charges until on board of a ship at the Texel Notice in Dutch of the prices goods sold for at the Delft Chamber 11 November 1766
Letter 27 John Harkness at East India House to the Court requesting that his son can carry out £250 worth of foreign silver with him to Fort St George.
Letter 1 Oliver Coutt at Fort William to the Court requesting to have his money put into the Company's cash at the rate they formerly indulged their servants.
Letter 35 C. Lockyer at South Sea House to Thomas Woolley relating to their use of the long room at Gresham's College for the transfer of their stock thanks to the East India Company's assistance.