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Mss Eur Orme OV.299

Record Id:
040-003677780
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002305428
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100104455099.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur Orme OV.299
Title:
Letters 1687, Bombay and Bencoolen
Scope & Content:
p. [i]. List of Contents of Volumes 299-302. p. [iii]. Endorsement as follows:- "Letters 1687, Bombay and Bencoolen. Valuable."
  • 1, pp. 1-5. Letter, dated Fort St. George, 25 April 1687, from the Council , Fort St. George, to Mr. Richard Burnaby, Governor, and Mr. Samuel White, Shabandar at Mergen [? Mergui] for the King of Siam, and to all other Englishmen, his Majesty’s the King of England's subjects, residing there and at Syam. Copy. Recalls the persons named to Madras, in consequence of damages by the King of Siam to his Majesty's subjects.
  • 2, pp. 5-8. Demand made by the Council, Fort St. George, upon the Honble. Constant Faulcon, Chief Minister to the King of Siam. Copy. Claim for damages with threats of reprisal.
  • 3, pp. 8-11. Letter, dated Fort St. George, 25 April 1687, from the Council, Fort St. George, to the King of Siam. Copy. Claims damages.
  • 4, pp. 11-12. Letter, dated Fort St. George, 25 April 1687, from the Council, Fort St. George, to Raja, Governor of Tenassaree. Copy. Asks the Governor to transmit their letter to the King of Siam.
  • 5, pp. 13-14. Letter, dated Fort St. George, 27 Aug. 1687, from the Council, Fort St. George, to Captain James Perriman of the "Pearl" Frigate. Copy. Instructions as to Capt. Perriman's voyage to Mergui and as to his conduct towards Mr. William Hodges, the Chief of their Commission, and the others with him.
  • 6, p. 15. List of papers, &c., delivered to the Worshipful William Hodges, Esq., 29 Aug. 1687. Copy.
  • 7, pp. 16-45. Letter, dated 22 Sept. 1687, from the Council, Fort St. George, to the Worshipful Benjamin Bloom, Esq., Governor of York Fort, &c., Council, at Bencoolen. Copy.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002305428
033-003394094
040-003677780
Is part of:
Mss Eur Orme : Robert Orme papers.
Mss Eur Orme OV. : Orme Various

 

Mss Eur Orme OV.299 : Letters 1687, Bombay and Bencoolen
Hierarchy:
032-002305428[0001]/033-003394094[0271]/040-003677780
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur Orme
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 part, pp. [iii], 72.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1687
End Date:
1687
Date Range:
1687
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 24 x 19.5 cm. Pages 50 to 60 and 71 to 72 are blank.

Binding: Vellum-bound volume. Bound together with numbers 300, 301, and 302.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)