1. IOR/E/1/48, ff 158-159
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/E/1/48, ff 158-159
- Title:
- Letter 65 John Fremantle at the Customs House to Robert James that the Commissioners for Customs had investigated the allegations made by Captain John Griffin regarding Turbans taken from Lascars going ashore and had concluded that only such items as were being deliberately concealed and illegally brought ashore had been confiscated.
- Scope & Content:
- The letter states that the items seized had been deliberately concealed, and that this did include some individuals Turbans where the length of material was far in excess of the usual five or six yards required for one. The goods seized included: 2 pieces of entire muslim, yard wide about 20 yar...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 28 May 1766
- Extent:
- 2 folios