Abstract: A journal (log book) of the first voyage of the East India Company ship
Royal Captain, recorded by the Captain Nathaniel Tanner. The journal entries are dated 17 February 1761 to 19 August 1763.The journal is inscribed: ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p[per] Nath.[anie]l Tanner’, ‘This is my orrig.[ina]l Jornial and my Hand Writing – Nath[anie].l Tanner’, ‘Witness Tho[mas] Reading’.The entries record the ship anchoring at places including: Cochin [Kochi] (12 to 14 December 1761); Bombay (2 January to 24 February 1762); Muscatt [Muscat] (19 to 23 March 1762); Gombaroon [Bandar Abbas] (29 March to 14 April 1762); Muscatt (20 to 23 April 1762); Bombay (5 May to 5 June 1762); Trincomalay [Trincomalee] (19 June to 1 July 1762); Madrass [Madras] (3 July to 5 August 1762); Macao [Macau] and Wampo [Pazhou] (29 October 1762 to 10 January 1763); Pulo Auro [Pulau Aur or Aur Island] (21 to 25 January 1763); St Helena (12 to 22 April 1763); Spithead (29 June to 4 July 1763); and Dover (4 to 13 July 1763). The ship arrived at Deptford on 23 July 1763.Daily entries for when the ship was in port and at anchor record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship; goods unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; members of the crew receiving corporal punishment; and deaths of members of the crew.Daily entries for when the ship was at sail consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), courses, knots (K), fathoms (F), other navigational measurements, and comments. The comments mostly relate to the following: wind and other weather conditions; sightings of land; sightings of, and interactions with, other ships; actions performed by the crew; and the course of the ship.The journal is part of a volume containing three separate log books: ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p Nath.l Tanner’ (IOR/L/MAR/B/556A);
Royal Captain: Journal (IOR/L/MAR/B/556B); and
Royal Captain: Journal (IOR/L/MAR/B/556C).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 174; 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.
Abstract: The volume contains a journal (log book) by Richard Allwright, Chief Mate, of a voyage on the East India Company ship
London, commanded by William Sedgwick.The journal is in two parts: the first part of the journal (folios 4 to 96) is dated 16 November 1749 to 10 February 1752; and the second part of the journal (folios 97 to 186) is dated 23 April 1751 to 13 June 1752. The entries from 23 April 1751 to 7 February 1752 in the first part of the journal are duplicated in the second part of the journal.There are notes on the cover pages of each part of the journal stating ‘This is my original Journall [Journal]’, signed by Rich[ar] Allwright, and also stating that they were received on 8 July 1752, witnessed by Tho[mas] Reading.The first part of the journal includes a list of the ship’s company (crew and passengers), with columns for their names, their quality (positions), and whether they were dead, had drowned or had run away from the ship (folios 5 to 6). The second part of the journal also includes a list of the ship’s company from Ingerlee, with columns for their names and their quality (folio 132).The first entry in the journal is dated 16 November 1749, when the ship was at Deptford, after which the ship was at Gravesend, then in the Downs, before anchoring in Plymouth Sound from 21 March 1749/50 to 1 April 1750. The ship then anchored at the following places: Joanna [Anjouan] Bay (19 July 1750); Fort St David’s Road (24 August 1750); Madrass [Madras] (8 September 1750); Culpee [Kulpi] (9 October 1750); Ingerlee Road (29 November 1750); Cochin [Kochi] (3 January 1750/51); Bombay (27 January 1750/51); Mocha (20 March 1750/51); Judda [Jeddah] (21 April 1751); Mocha (16 July 1751); Bombay (13 August 1751); Calcutta (9 October 1751); Ingerlee (28 December 1751); St Hellena [St Helena] (6 April 1752); and Long Reach (past Gravesend, 13 June 1752). (Both Old Style and New Style dates are given.)Entries for when the ship was in port mainly discuss: wind and other weather conditions; the receipt of cargo, and the unloading of cargo to be taken ashore; and actions performed by the crew.Entries for when the ship was at sail mostly relate to wind and other weather conditions, the course of the ship and sightings of land, and sightings of other ships, birds and sea creatures. In addition, these entries also include daily tables recording the following information: remarks, hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, and wind direction.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 189; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 167-188, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal (log book) of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Walpolefrom England to Bengal (Captain Charles Boddam), January 1727-September 1729.The
Walpoledeparted from the Downs on 7 March 1727, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 6 April 1727, St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 4 August 1727, Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai]; 16 September 1727, Balasore; 26 September 1727, Rogues River; 6 October 1727, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 27 December 1727, Ingeley [Hijili Flat]; 26 January 1727/28, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 3 February 1727/28, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 2 March 1727/28, Socatra [Socotra] ; 15 March 1727/28, Mocha; 10 August 1728, Madrass; 3 October 1728, Calcutta; 17 January 1728/29, Ingeley [Hijili Flat]; 31 May 1729, St Helena; 31 August 1729, Erith.The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.The log book contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], and [Remarks]; with six days recorded on each side of a folio.The log also records the ship visiting Socatra (folio 24) and Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. On the ship's return the log book (folios 47 and 48) records the ship reaching Dunnose, Beachy Head, Dover and Erith on the English mainland as the
Walpolereturned to Deptford.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other East India Company ships and English men-of-war, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations.Folio 5 records the
Walpolemeeting the ships
Preston,
Chatham,
Monmouthand
RoseGally, East India Company men-of-war as well as the East India Company ships the
Mountague(Captain Gordon);
Bridgewater(Captain Edward Williamson) and
Lathulire(Captain Shephard).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Cardigan, kept by Captain Richard Grainger. The journal covers the ship’s voyage to Culcutta [Kolkata], Gombroon [Bandar Abbas], and Madras [Chennai] (all dates are those of arrival): 17 January 1713, Downes [Downs]; 15 May 1713, Table Bay, Cape; 29 July 1713, Ballasore [Baleshwar]; 11 August 1713, Rogues River; 19 October 1713, Culcutta; 2 March 1714, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 1 May 1714, Gombroon; 18 August 1714, Madras; 28 September 1714, Ballasore; 10 October 1714, Rogues River; 6 January 1715, Cox’s Island; 19 February 1715, Madras; 26 February 1715, Fort St David; 5 March 1715, Madras; 22 March 1715, Fort St David; 31 March 1715, Madras; 29 October 1715, Cape; 12 December 1715, St Hellena [St Helena]; 24 April 1716, Woolwich. Near the front of the journal (folio 3) is the inscription: ‘This is my Originall Journall, Richard Grainger, Received the 24th May 1716’ The journal consists of daily entries in two columns. The first column contains navigational data and the second column contains notes on winds, weather, land bearings, distances, ship maintenance and riggings, names of the deceased, ship sightings, additional navigational data, and some more general remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only. At times entries include columns on Clock (time of day) and Depth (in fathoms).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 112; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 95-111, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Somersby John Sparks, third mate. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and its return to England, between 11 November 1711 and 28 March 1715 (Captain Eustace Peacock).The journal contains daily entries in two different formats. Firstly, daily entries written in a journal style (folios 3-6, 8-10, and 30-31). Secondly, daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds &c., and Remarks (folios 12-27; 32-127). When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only. The journal records the following: navigational information; weather; contact with other East India Company ships, French ships, a Dutch ship, a Portuguese ship, a European ship and country ships; commodities carried; general remarks.The journal also includes:A list of the crew with their age and nationality (folios 5-6)A list of the soldiers onboard (folios 49)Remarks in the margins, written in pencil (folios 30, 45, 51, 71, 78, 107)Notes about the deaths of crewmembers, some including a small sketch depicting the deceased (folios 15, 16, 21, 32, 41, 43, 57, 58, 59, 62, 98)A mention of sickness on the ship (folio 16)A mention of birds seen (folio 43).Entries are double-dated using both the Old Style (Julian) and New Style (Gregorian) calendars.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: ‘Second mate jounall of the ship Sommers received 14 June 1715’.The journal records the ship's arrival at the following places: the Downs, 15 April 1712; Snt Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde], 30 May 1712; Table Bay, Cape Bona Esperanca [Cape of Good Hope], 15 August 1712; Anjengo, 18 November 1712; Cochin [Kochi], 28 November 1712; Calicut [Kozhikode], 6 December 1712; Goa, 14 December 1712; Bombay [Mumbai], 27 December 1712, Surratt [Surat], 24 January 1712/13; Bombay, 15 March 1712/13; Arabian Coast, 27 April 1713; Muscat, 4 May 1713; Gombaroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], 13 May 1713; Maderass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], 8 August 1713; Balasore, 23 September 1713; Calcutta [Kolkata], 19 October 1713; Anjengo, 8 Jan 1713/14; Tellicherry [Thalassery], 17 January 1713/14; Goa, 27 January 1713/14; Bombay, 5 February 1713/14; Surat, 23 February 1713/14; Bombay, 23 March 1713/14; Pondicherry, 17 May 1713/14; Madras [Chennai], 19 May 1713/14; Cape Bona Esperanca, 31 October 1713/14; Lisbon, 12 February 1714/15; Coast of France, 24 March 1714/15.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 133; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship the
Frederick.The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay, and its way back towards England, finishing at St Lawrence [Madagascar], between 23 December 1704 and 28 February 1707 [New Style 28 February 1708] (Captain John Wynn).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds etc., and Remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. There are several blank pages in the volume and these appear to coincide with missing entries, which often cover a period of several days.The journal records navigational information; weather; descriptions of the coasts seen during the ship's course; contact with other East India Company ships, Dutch ships, Portuguese ships, and country ships; relations with merchants; commodities carried; provisions carried; and other remarks. Entries are double-dated using both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.Inscribed: 'Recd [Received]: 30 Octo [October] 1707' (folio 2).The ship's route is as follows (dates given are approximate dates of arrival, owing to missing entries above): Gravesend, 23 December 1704 (folio 4); the Downs, 3 January 1704 [New Style date 3 January 1705] (folio 4); Cape [Cape of Good Hope], 7 May 1705 (folio 54); Johana [Anjouan], 25 June 1705 (folio 74); Bombay, 31 July 1705 (folio 90); Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], 11 March 1705 [New Style date 11 March 1706] (folio 122); Bombay, 12 April 1706 (folio 133); Surratt [Surat], 30 April 1706 (folio 137); Bombay, 5 May 1706 (folio 142); Madras [Chennai], 6 July 1706 (folio 155); Callcuta [Kolkata], 1 January 1706 [New Style date 1 January 1707].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 192; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Howlandfrom England to Madras (Captain George Cooke), 1707-08. The
Howlandleft the Downs in mid-February 1706/7, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 10 May 1707, Table Bay; 13 July 1707, Madras [Chennai]; 21 September 1707, Rogues River (also written as Roagues River); 1 January 1707/8, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 2 February 1707/8 Rogues River; 26 April 1708, Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 4 August 1708, Madras; 22 August 1708, Rogues River.The journal consists of daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage), which for most of the volume are formed of six columns: H [Hour], K [Knot], F [Fathoms], Courses, Wind, and a final column recording latitude, meridian distance, departure times, observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, and other general remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only.The entries are dated, although the text is very faded (as are the column headings), to the point of being illegible in some cases. The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style dates (Gregorian calendar).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 151; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The journal of the East India Company ship
Princess Anne, commanded by Captain Nicholas Luhorne (fl 1710-1725), covering the period from 20 September 1716 to 4 February 1719. The journal contains:The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (19 October 1716), Margett [Margate] (3 November 1716), the Downs (4 November 1716), Berry Head (7 November 1716), Cape Pitcher (18 November 1716), Cadiz (22 November 1716), Tenerife (24 December 1716), Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope] (12 March 1717), Island of Mosambeque [Mozambique] (9 April 1717), Cape Guardafoy [Cape Guardafui] (6 May 1717), Aden (16 May 1717), Babellmandell [Bab al-Mandab] (18 May 1717) and Moha [Mocha, also written as Mocha in the journal] (22 May 1717)The daily entries for the voyage from Moha to the Island of Babellmandell [Jazirat Mayyun] (10 August 1717), Point of Aden (14 August 1717), Cape Guardafoy (19 August 1717), Pidgeon Island [Netrani Island] (2 September 1717), Tanoure [Tanur] (10 September 1717), Callicutt [Kozhikode] (14 September 1717), Tillycherry [Thalassery] (20 September 1717), Carwar [Karwar] (8 October 1717), Goa River [Mandovi River] (12 October 1717) and Bombay [Mumbai] (28 October 1717)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Fort Alguardo [Aguada] (6 January 1718), Manguolore [Mangaluru] (13 January 1718) and Tillicherry (29 January 1718)The daily entries for the voyage from Tillicherry to Carwar (15 February 1718), Succatra [Socotra] (20 March 1718), Island of Babbellmandell (28 March 1718) and Moha (29 March 1718)The daily entries for the voyage from Moha to Aden (14 June 1718), Island of Telone [?] (10 July 1718), Poncherry [Puducherry] (14 July 1718) and Madrass [Chennai] (16 July 1718)The daily entries for the voyage from Fort St George to Sadrass [Sadras] (15 August 1718), Island of Degrais (2 October 1718), Don Mascarenas [Mascarene Islands] (6 October 1718), Cape Legullas [Cape Agulhas] (29 November 1718), Table Bay (3 December 1718), St Hellena [Saint Helena] (29 December 1718), Island of Ascention [Ascension Island] (10 January 1719) and Scilly (4 February 1719).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: Week Day and Calendar Date, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and additional Observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. The journal provides navigational information, notes on sightings of other vessels, and other observations made during the voyages. The author mentions meeting with '3 Callivatts' of the Bombay Marine at Carwar on 8 October 1717. The vessels had been placed under the command of Captain Alexander Hamilton (c 1688-1733) to 'aid and assist him in endeavouring to calm those people [i.e. soldiers of Sundem] & bringing them to a right understanding for ye advantage of our trade as for mainly in the produce of pepper w:ch is reckoned the best on all ye coast', in response to the Sonda Raja's siege of the English Factory at Carwar (folio 62). The author also makes reference to the Sarkhel of the Maratha Navy 'Angrey [Kanhoji Angre] whom is reackoned ye greatest rogue on all this [i.e. Maharashtra] Coast to every body except the English' (folio 65). He describes two lunar eclipses at 7pm on 6 March and on 30 August 1718 (folios 77 and 100). He later learns about the outbreak of the War of the Quadruple Alliance involving Britain, France, the Netherlands and the Holy Roman Empire against Spain, and the death of Charles XII of Sweden from a Dutch flyboat off the coast of Scilly on 4 February 1719 (folio 143).Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 186; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 144-185, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Bedfordfrom England to Madras [Chennai], Bengal, and Mocha (Captain William Wells), 18 December 1731-22 May 1734 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 28 February 1731 [New Style date 28 February 1732]; 3 April 1732, St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 26 July 1732, Fort St George/Madras; 10 September 1732, Calcutta [Kolkata]; 31 December 1726, Ingelle [Ingeli]; 3 February 1732 [New Style date 3 February 1733], Cochin [Kochi]; 18 March 1732 [New Style date 18 March 1733], Mocha; 12 April 1733, Judda [Jeddah]; 15 July 1733, Mocha; 23 August 1733, Madras; 28 September 1733, Calcutta; 14 January 1733 [New Style date 14 January 1734], Ingeli; 31 January 1733 [New Style date 31 January 1734], left Point Palmiras [Palmyras Point], bound for St Helena.The ship was at Calcutta from 10 September to 26 December 1732, and 28 September to 30 December 1733; and at Jeddah from 12 April to 6 July 1733.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal No. 1, Wm. Wells' (folio 1), and 'Ship Bedfords Journal Kept by William Wells Commencing Anno 1731 & ending Anno 1735.' (folio 7).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 14 May 1735.' (folio 1).The journal contains entries recorded nearly every day in seven columns: H [hour]; Courses; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Winds; Weather, and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in harbour or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, ballasting, and maintenance of the ship; contact with other British ships, and country ships; sightings of other vessels; references to fish and birds encountered; deaths of crew members; transport of soldiers; cargoes carried (described especially at Madras, Calcutta, and Jeddah, and deliveries of rice at Mocha); and general remarks.The journal also includes a quarter bill (folios 5-6), listing the stations to be taken up by the members of
Bedford'screw if the ship were to be boarded by an enemy.Initially, the journal employs Old Style (Julian) dates only; from 31 January 1733 [Old Style]/31 January 1734 [New Style], it is double-dated, where necessary, giving both Old and New Style (Gregorian) dates.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 176; 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.
Abstract: This file consists of a journal (log book) kept by Charles Drummond, Captain of the East India Company ship
Glatton. The entries begin on 13 December 1782, when the ship was at Deptford, and continue up to 14 June 1785, when the ship was at Madras.The journal contains daily entries which mostly record the following: winds and other weather conditions; navigational information; the tasks the crew had performed on board the ship; provisions received on board the ship when it was in port; and ships with which the
Glattonwas sailing in company. The entries for each day the ship was at sea also include tables recording the following: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds [et cetera]; and navigational measurements.The journal records the ship anchoring at the following places: Gravesend (13 January 1783); the Downs (9 March 1783); the Motherbank (11 March 1783); St Iago [Santiago, Cape Verde] (9 April 1783); Joanna [Anjouan] (19 August 1783); Bombay (20 September 1783); Mangalore (20 November 1783); Tellicherry [Thalassery] (3 December 1783); Cannanore [Kannur] (9 December 1783); Tellicherry (20 December 1783); Cochin [Kochi] (25 December 1783); Cannanore (13 January 1784); Bombay (5 February 1783); Surat (2 March 1784); Mocha (2 May 1784); Cochin (18 October 1784); Bombay (10 September 1784); Kedgeree [Khejuri] (27 November 1784); Madras (18 April 1785); Bencoolen [Benkulu] (27 July 1785); Pring [Penang] (30 August 1785); Bencoolen (6 October 1785); Table Bay (14 December 1785); St Helena (7 January 1786); Motherbank (26 March 1786); Gravesend (16 April 1786); and Deptford (17 April 1786).The journal also includes:A list of officers and seamen on board the
Glatton, with columns recording: the number assigned to each crew member; the name of each crew member; their station (position); where they had entered the ship; their wages per month; and whether they were dead, had run away, or had been dischargedA list of East India Company recruits (soldiers) bound for India in the
Glattonwith columns recording: the number assigned to each recruit; their names; when they were recruited; whether they had died, had run away, or had been discharged; and where and when they were deliveredA list of passengers in the
Glatton, with their names, and the ports they were travelling from and travelling to.The statements ‘This is my original journal part the first Cha[rle]s Drummond’, ‘Witness Rob[ert] Alex[ande]r Druce’ and ‘Rec[eive]d 18th Ap[ri]l 1786’ are written on the verso of the first folio of the file.The first part of the journal (part H of H-I) is part of a volume containing three separate log books:
Glatton: Journal, Richard Doveton, Captain (IOR/L/MAR/B/172F);
Glatton: Journal, John Clements, Captain (IOR/L/MAR/B/172G); and
Glatton: Journal, Charles Drummond, Captain (IOR/L/MAR/B/172H-I, with part I being contained within a second volume).Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of one file (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) and one physical volume. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of the file (ff 1-135) and terminates at the inside back cover of the volume (ff 136-279); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 200-277, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Drakefrom England to Calcutta [Kolkata, India], February 1728 [New Style date 1729]-August 1729, from Calcutta to Bombay [Mumbai, India], January 1729 [New Style date 1730]-May 1730, from Bombay to Surat, India, October 1730, from Surat to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas, Iran] and back, November 1730-April 1731, from Surat to Calcutta, May-June 1731, and from Calcutta to England, January 1731 [New Style date 1732]-August 1732 (Captain John Houghton).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations. Some of the entries written in port include details of the loading and unloading of cargo and provisions.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 100; 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.