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1. IOR/G/17/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1
Title:
Letters and Accounts from Mocha
Scope & Content:
The volumes contain papers relating to the East India Company’s factory at Mocha. The papers include letters, mainly the following: letters from the Mocha Factory to the East India Company’s Court of Directors; copies of letters from the Mocha Factory to the Bombay Factory, to which the Mocha ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1644-21 Oct 1789
Extent:

3 volumes (547 folios)

2. IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.7-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.7-11
Title:
‘Mocha Dyary’
Scope & Content:
Duplicate Mocha diary for 23 April to 22 July 1720, signed by Edward Say and Thomas Rammell, and received via the ship Princess Anne, 18 March 1720 [New Style date 18 March 1721]. The diary mostly records the arrival of ships and the receipt of goods, mainly coffee, from the ships.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1721
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

3. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.217
Title:
Second Bill of Exchange
Scope & Content:
Second bill of exchange for payment of money owed to the East India Company, drawn up by Benjamin Rosewell, Purser of the ship Lyon, dated 12 May 1723.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1723
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

4. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.220
Title:
Second Bill of Exchange
Scope & Content:
Second bill of exchange for payment of money owed to the East India Company, drawn up by C Mayne.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1723
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

5. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.221
Title:
Third Bill of Exchange
Scope & Content:
Third bill of exchange for the payment of money owed to the East India Company, drawn up by William Wheeler.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1723
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

6. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.346-347

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 ff.346-347
Title:
‘Calculate of Mocha Weights’
Scope & Content:
A calculation of weights used at Mocha, drawn up by Mr Nichells from the papers received via the ship Prince Augustus in 1725.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c Apr 1725
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.516

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 3 f.516
Title:
‘List of Shipping’
Scope & Content:
A list of ships arriving at Mocha and departing from Mocha between November 1725 and July 1726. It provides the following information: dates of arrival and departure; names of ships; the names of the masters and supercargoes; and places of origin and destination of the ships. Examined by Francis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1727
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

8. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.180

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.180
Title:
‘List of Warehouse Remains’
Scope & Content:
An inventory of items remaining in the Mocha Warehouse, signed by Henry Albert and dated 11 August 1722. It was received via the ship Townshend on 8 June 1723.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1723
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

9. IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 2 f.219
Title:
Letter from C Mayne
Scope & Content:
A letter of advice from C Mayne of the ship Shoreham, dated 12 May 1723, reporting the borrowing of money from the East India Company.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1723
Extent:
1 item (1 folio)

10. IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/G/17/1 Part 1 ff.3-4
Title:
‘Translate of the Mocha Phirmaund.’
Scope & Content:
An English translation of a firman [edict or order] by Aboulla Bin Monsiur [Abdullah bin Mansur], King of Mocha, permitting ‘the English’ to trade in Mocha and to export goods, including to export six hundred bales of coffee per year free of Customs dues. Laid before the Committee of Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Oct 1789
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)