Letters 93-94 Robert Richie in Venice to Peter Michell forwarding translation of the prospectus of Lieutenant Colonel William Bolts' scheme to send the Austrian ship Cobenzel to the East Indies and China; has drawn £300 annual salary.
Letter 30 Alexander Anderson in Lothbury to Sir Henry Fletcher relating to arrangements to inform Robert Stewart, gunpowder maker at Calcutta, that his brother Patrick is nominated his deputy.
Letters 14-15 Petition of Richard Griffith junior to the Chairman and Court requesting permission to remain in England for another year. Related papers attached.
Letter 20 The Right Honourable Thomas Townshend at Whitehall to the Chairman and Deputy reporting that the Company's draft despatches for India have been approved.