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IOR/L/MAR/B/438H
- Record Id:
- 040-001111260
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001111260
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000108.0x000314
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098423953.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/B/438H
- Title:
- Houghton: Journal
- Scope & Content:
-
Journal of the East India Company ship Houghton by Richard Walpole, Commander. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and China and its return to England, between 14 January 1755 and 13 September 1757.
The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses Winds, Depth of water and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The journal records navigational information, weather, contact with other East India Company ships and French ships, commodities carried, and other remarks. It also mentions wildlife such as birds and dolphins, and conflicts with French ships (ff 125-126). Part of the voyage was in company with the ship Suffolk and Godolphin.
At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This is my original journal Richard Walpole. Received 14 September 1757'.
The journal records the ship's arrival at the following places: Deptford, 14 January 1755 (f 4); the Downs, 23 April 1755; St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], 22 May 1755 (f 17); St Augustin's Bay, 18 August 1755 (f 38); Magodoxa [Mogadishu], 24 September (f 45); Bombay, 1 December (f 62); Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], 5 February 1756 (f 72); Bombay, 10 March 1756 (f 76); Surat, 2 April 1756 (f 79); Bombay, 17 April 1756 (f 81); Tellicherry [Thalassery], 7 May 1756 (f 83); Malacca, 17 June 1756 (f 92); Banksall Island [near Canton], 27 July 1756 (f 101); St Helena, 1 April 1757 (f 132); Leith [near Edinburgh], 27 June 1757 (f 151); and the Downs, 9 August 1757 (f 154).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001104527
040-001111260 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/B : Ships' journals, logs and related records
IOR/L/MAR/B/438H : Houghton: Journal - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0002]/036-001104527[6734]/040-001111260
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (159 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000108.0x000314
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1755
- End Date:
- 1757
- Date Range:
- 14 Jan 1755-13 Sep 1757
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 159; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- The journal entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)