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Letter 89 Extract of the Resolution of the States General of the 15 February 1762 relating to Commissaries for settling the differences in Bengal (English Translation)
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The French received by Mr Laurence Sulivan from Mr Charles Jenkinson of Lord Bute's Office 28 February 1762.
Letter 148 George Clifford and Sons in Amsterdam to Robert James enclosing the particulars of the cargos of 13 Dutch East India Company ships from Batavia recently arrived at the Cape of Good Hope
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Enclosed: cargo lists in Dutch for the Dutch East India Company ships Kievitsheuvel, Lekkerland, Lapienenburg, Zuid Beveland, Thoornvliet, de Snoek, de Gouverneir General, de Ersprins, 't Huisten Denk, Rotterdam, Schagen, Nyenburg, and Straalen.
Letter 242 Messrs Hope and Co in Amsterdam to Robert James enclosing cargo lists for three Dutch Company ships arrived from Batavia and giving details of sale prices for Tea in Copenhagen
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Enclosures: cargo lists in Dutch for the ships Bosch-en-Hoven, Luxembourg, and Duynenburg.
Letters 289-290 Sopier de la Loudres, a French Prisoner of War in Tavistock to the Court enquiring whether the Company had the note and papers of Monsieur Esnee, a French Officer who had been a passenger on board the Triton, and had died at Canton
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Letter 289 is the original letter in French, letter 290 is the translation in English.
Letters 366-367 Richard Waite Cox of the Office for Sick and Wounded Seamen, at North Audley Street, London to John Dorrien enclosing a letter from Lord Ligonier to Robert Wood relating to those officers and men who are permitted, by his Majesty, to inlist in the East India Company's service
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Enclosure: Copy of Lord Ligonier's letter to Mr Wood, 20 December 1762 regarding the King having recalled the Four Marching Regiments and Four Companies of Artillery in India back to England, and that the Ensigns, Lieutenant Fireworkers, non-commissioned officers and private men of those regime...
Letters 16-17 Charles de Rath et Duchzim, Counsellor and Inspector of the Trade in Bohemia, Pilsen in Bohemia to the Court of Directors offering to procure sail cloth for the Company
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Letter 16 is the original letter in French and Letter 17 the translation into English.
Letter 211 Earl of Halifax, St James's, London to Thomas Rous, Chairman enclosing a copy of a letter from His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople [no longer enclosed] regarding the transactions of Mr Shaw at Bassorah [Basra]
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To be left to the consideration of the Committee of Correspondence
Letter 140 Charles Smith, Mr Kinloch's agent at Aleppo, to Robert James enclosing 3 packets for the Company, two from Bassora [Basra] and one from Mr Lyster.
Letter 141 Charles Smith, Mr Kinloch's agent at Aleppo, to Robert James duplicate of Letter 140 regarding packets for the Company in London, with postscript note of an additional packet received from Mr Wrench at Bussora [Basra]
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Letter No. 13, received overland 18 February 1766.