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1. Add MS 40696-40713

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OXENDEN PAPERS. Original correspondence, letterbooks and accompt-book of Sir George Oxenden, Knt. (1620-1669), President of the East India Company at Surat 1662-1669, and 1st Governor of Bombay under the E. India Co. 1668-July 1669. The papers, which were used by Sir W. Foster in The English Factories in India, 1661-64, are mainly of an official or business nature, but there is a certain amount of private correspondence with his family and friends (for further correspondence of the Oxenden f...
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Trade and Commerce: Letters and papers rel. to, in India: 1662-1669. Sir George Oxenden, President of the E India Co. at Surat; Governor of Bombay 1667: Letters, accompts and papers: 1642-1669. India: Oxenden papers rel. to the E. India Co.'s trade: 1662-1669.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Portuguese
Date Range:
[1642-1669]
Extent:
18 items

2. Add MS 40696-40701

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OXENDEN PAPERS. Vols. I-VI. Original correspondence of Sir G. Oxenden. Vol. I has a number of copies of slightly earlier documents as enclosures in the letters, and Vol. VI includes numerous letters in Portuguese and a quantity of bills of lading for goods sent from London to India. Oxenden's letters are all drafts or copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Portuguese
Date Range:
[1656-1669]
Extent:
6 items

3. Add MS 40705-40707

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OXENDEN PAPERS. Vols. XXII. Letter-books of Sir G. Oxenden, containing copies of letters sent out by him from Surat arranged in a very rough chronological order. Vols. X, XII have indexes of recipients of letters. Many of the letters provide the other side of the correspondence found in the rest of the collection. Vol. XI is composed of two letter-books:-(a) March 1663-29 Apr. 1665. f. 1; (b) 25 Nov. 1664-6 Apr. 1665. f. 71. A note in Vol. XII, f. 2, states that it was copied by Henry Oxende...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1663-1665
Extent:
3 items

4. Add MS 40708-40713

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OXENDEN PAPERS. Vols. XIII-XVIII. Letterbooks of Sir George Oxenden, containing copies of letters received by him from India (Vols. XIII-XV) and England (Vols. XVI- XVIII). The originals of some of these letters are in Add. MSS. 40696-40701. In Vol. XVI, f. 13 b, is a copy of a letter from Samuel Butler, 19 Mar. 166.2/3, giving an account of the circumstances of the composition of his Hudibras, printed and discussed by R. Quintana, loc. cit., pp. 1-11, and in Vol. XVIII, ff. 1, 28 b, 53 b, 6...
Scope & Content:
Bindings INDIAN: Red leather, some with blind stamps: late 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Portuguese
Date Range:
[1662-1667]
Extent:
6 items

5. Add MS 40703-40704

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OXENDEN PAPERS. Vols. VIII, IX. Letter-books of the E. India Co.'s Council at Surat, containing copies of letters sent out from Surat, 1662-64. Each volume is preceded by an index of addressees. In the beginning of Vol. VIII two letters of April 1664 "from aboard ye Richard & Martha," are added, one (f. 3) to James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough, 25 Apr., the other (f. 4 b) to Matthew Andrews. Two letters to the Company in England, dated 28 Jan. 1661 and 4 Apr. 1664, in Vol. IX, ff. 21, 41...
Scope & Content:
Bindings INDIAN: Red leather, some with blind stamps: late 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661-1664
Extent:
2 items

6. Add MS 40702

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OXENDEN PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. ii + 68). Accompt-book of Sir G. Oxenden, 15 Feb. 1642-May 1652. Besides accompts there are numerous invoices of goods shipped to various ports in India and elsewhere, as well as copies of two letters from Oxenden (ff. 53, 54). Accompts: Accompt-book of Sir G. Oxen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1642-May 1652
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 40704

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Vol. IX (ff. I + 68). 24 Sept. 1663-18 Sept. 1664.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1663-18 Sep 1664
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 40703

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Vol. VIII (ff. i + 112). 25 Apr. 1662-19 Sept. 1663. includes: f. 3 James Ley, 3rd Earl of Marlborough d 1665: Correspondence with Sir G. Oxenden: 1662-1663.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1662-19 Sep 1663
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 40707

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Vol. XII (ff. i + 98). 30.Dec. 1665-20 Jan. 1668. Bindings INDIAN: Red leather, some with blind stamps: late 17th cent. includes: f. 91 Charles II of England: Letters to, from Sir G. Oxenden: 1665-1667.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30.Dec 1665-20 Jan 1668
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 40705

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Vol. X (ff. I + 59). 27 Nov. 1662-8 Apr. 1663. Bindings INDIAN: Red leather, some with blind stamps: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 4, 17 b, 28, 36 b, 43 b (copies) Elizabeth Dalyson, wife of W Dalyson, of Halting: Correspondence with her brother Sir G. Oxenden: 1662-1666.ff. 5, 7 b, 21 b, 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1662-8 Apr 1663
Extent:
1 item