Account of steel sold at Mocha on behalf of the East India Company. Dated 15 September 1744 and signed by Stephen Cobham, Captain of the EIC ship Edgbaston, Thomas Thomson and Richard Wood. Received by the EIC ship Winchester.
List of drugs bought at Mocha. Drawn up by John Pearse, Captain of the East India Company ship Edgecote, and enclosed with a letter of 20 August 1756, which is catalogued as IOR/G/17/3 Part 2 ff.271-272.
List of ships arriving at Mocha in the first half of 1772, giving nationality and cargoes. Dated 13 June 1772 and signed by Edward Ironside, John Harvey and Benjamin Jones.
15 Jan 1724 We are sorry that we must take notice that the Jamaica pepper sent out by the Company for an experiment will not answer their expectations. We gave out several musters to be seen by the merchants but they refused to buy it at all, not knowing what to make of it.
The death of the Fooyen has put new life into most of the merchants, who now speak freely their sentiments and almost to a man agree that a greater tyrant never lived. His Chop is sent to the T'Sunto, who is to officiate as Fooyen till the Emperor's pleasure is known. This T'Sunto is the same was...
It is proper to observe that Openg tea hath been planted in a neighbouring province, purposely to mix with Bohea, sometimes putt off for it, & these abuses are not likely to be prevented whilst the French, Dutch & Ostenders under borrowed colours continue tradeing largely to this port. ...