Add MS 43730-43733

SCATTERGOOD COLLECTIONS. Vols. XIV-XVII. Transcripts, etc., of papers of John Scattergood (1681-1723), merchant of Madras, compiled by Bernard Page Scattergood, Lavinia Mary Anstey and others, from

originals exhibited in a suit in Chancery, Scattergood v. Raworth (1724), and now among the Chancery Masters' Exhibits in the Public Record Office (bundles 134/1 and 2). Typewritten. A selection of the papers, which concern John Scattergood's activities as a merchant in the East Indies, Persia and China, and his domestic affairs, was edited by Sir R. C. Temple, L. M. Anstey and B. P. Scattergood, The Scattergoods and the East India Company, 1681-1723, as a supplement to the Indian Antiquary (Sept. 1921-Nov. 1933), reprinted collectively in a private edition, 1935. A photographic facsimile of a mathematical notebook of John Scattergood not included in the present transcripts is Add. MS. 44966; other material relating to him will be found in Add. MSS. 42122-42123 and in the 'Scattergood Register', Add. MSS. 44950-44961. Paper. Four volumes. Large quarto. Arranged chronologically.