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Letter 253 John Young, London to the President and Council of Fort William regarding Monsieur Renault's refusal to payment of his note for 20,000 new sicca rupees
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This is a cover letter for a petition. The petition has been numbered as letter 256 and is located at folios 589-590.
Letters 260-261 The Navy Board to the Court of Directors signifying their not accepting the form offered by the Company for payment of a Bill of Exchange
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Includes a memorandum dated 4 December 1766 from the Chairman & Deputy Chairman to be delivered verbally to the Navy board regarding the bill to be paid as drawn at end of 90 days and asking to be acquainted with the reasons for it not being accepted in its current form by the Board.
Letters 63-64 Extract of a letter from the Marquis de Prie from Brussels concerning the Emperor commissioning English ships to sail to the East Indies.
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Dated 25 Feb 1718/19. In French with English translation.
Letter 264 George Clifford & Sons, Amsterdam to Robert James enclosing lists of goods the Dutch East India Company has published for sale at their Amsterdam Chamber 17 September and Zealand Chamber 2 October
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Enclosures: ff. 541-542, Lists in Dutch of Goods to be sold at the Amsterdam Chamber 17 September 1764 from the ship Slooten; and at the Zealand Chamber 2 October 1764 from the ship Westervelt; f. 543, note of the prices of Teas sold by the Dutch East India Company at their Chamber in Amsterdam ...
Letters 88-89 William Kinloch, Consul at Aleppo to Robert James forwarding packets for the Company from Mr Wrench at Bassora [Basra] and Mr Dymoke Lester at Bagdad
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Received in London 5 August 1765. Enclosed with the letter is a duplicate copy of Consul Kinloch's letter of 1st May 1765.
Letter 102 George Clifford & Sons, Amsterdam to Robert James enclosing particulars of the cargoes of five Dutch East India Company Ships
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Folios 209-211, particulars in Dutch and French of the cargoes of the Dutch East India Ships De Eendragt, De Vrouwe Cornelia Hillegonda and the Straten.
Letter 62 George Clifford & Sons, Amsterdam to Robert James acknowledging the Company's instructions to pay a bill drawn on the Company by Captain John Griffin and enclosing details of the prices the spices sold for at the various Dutch Chambers
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f. 154 handwritten list of prices of goods at the respective chambers of the Dutch East India Company including Pepper, Cinnamon Red letter, and Cinnamon Black letter.
Letter 91 George Clifford & Sons, Amsterdam to Robert James inclosing the particulars of the Cargoes of two ships arrived at Copenhagen from China and reporting that 14 English ships, 5 Dutch, 4 French, 3 Swedish and 2 Danish ships would sail from there to Europe that season
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ff. 214-215, particulars in German of the cargoes of the Die Koniginnen Sophia Magdalena and the Juliana Maria.