A copy and copyes of an attestation, consultations & letters sent, begun in Tywan the 12th of February 1682/3 and ended the 28th of December 1685.'; Endorsed: 'Received per the Defence and opened in Court the 24 September 1686.
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Consultations by Thomas Angeir and Thomas Woolhouse at Taiwan, 12 & 21 Feb, 5 Mar, 28 Sep, 10 Oct, 1 Nov, 1 & 7 Dec, 31 Jan & 4 Jun 1684 including - order to Solomon Lloyd, 20 Dec 1683 - advice to all EIC shipping, 1 May 1684 - draft petition to the Emperor K'ang-hsi, 26 Nov 1683 -...
We find most of the Bohea tea so ill cured, or it hath imbibed such a moisture in the great rains which fell when it was making, that we dare not venture to pack any till it hath been well dried in the basketts by rows of fires between them, for which purpose rooms are commodiously contrived.
This being the first day of the New Moon & of the New Year, great ceremony is observed by the Mandarins & all other persons in their visits and congratulations thereupon. The Foyen or Viceroy of the Province haveing signified his approbation of all sorts of diversions, costly pageants a...
‘Stewards Acco’. of Disbursements for the Month of Oct 1721’
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Steward's account of expenditure for the month of October 1721, signed by Thomas Rammell and dated 31 October 1721. It lists the amount spent on the following: various food items, milk, water, and wood; servants’ wages; sundry particulars; and stable charges.