Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Nathaniel, kept by Captain Jonathan Negus. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Mocha and Bombay [Mumbai] (all dates are those of arrival): 12 June 1712, Aden; 7 July 1712, Mocha; 21 September 1712, Bombay; 1 February 1713, Cape; 29 July 1713, Texel; 16 Aug 1713, Deptford.At the front (folio 2) of the volume is the inscription: 'This is my origianall journal [original journal], Iona Negus'.The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: Date, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Winds, and general remarks. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only and often not daily. The remarks column contains information on weather, courses, distances, navigational data, sightings of land and other ships, and maintenance and repair work, as well as other miscellaneous notes. Occasional notes in the margins are made on arrivals and departures, damage to the ship, sightings of other ships, and the names of the deceased. These notes are inconsistent.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 93; 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 77-92, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Thistleworthfrom England to Bombay [Mumbai, India], March-September 1714, from Bombay to Surat, India, November 1714, from Surat to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas, Iran], February-March 1714 [New Style date 1715], from Gombroon to Bombay, March-April 1715, and from Bombay to England, October 1715-May 1716 (Captain Daniel Small).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, deaths of crewmembers, and general observations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 138; 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
Prince Frederickfrom England to Mocha, and back (Captain William Haynes), 21 October 1727-25 March 1730 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 28 November 1727; 18 March 1727 [Old Style]/18 March 1728 [New Style], Cape Bona Espranca [Cape of Good Hope]; 23 June 1728, Moha [Mocha]; 16 October 1728, Bombay; 2 January 1728 [Old Style]/2 January 1729 [New Style], Mocha; 22 May 1729, Bombay; 20 November 1729, St Helena; 23 March 1729 [Old Style]/23 March 1730 [New Style], the Downs.The ship was at Mocha from 23 June to 25 August 1728, and from 2 January 1728/9 to 5 May 1729, and at Bombay from 16 October to 13 December 1728, and from 22 May to 27 July 1729.Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journall, Sam. [Samuel] Rodham [Chief Mate]' (folio 5).Marked: 'Rec. [Received] 29 April 1730 (folio 5).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Course; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is in habour, or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; the ballasting, provisioning and maintenance of the ship; weather; winds; sea conditions; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; an incident in which the ship lost all six of her anchors, and was assisted by a Dutch ship (folio 25); commodities carried (especially coffee from Mocha, and rattans from Bombay); and deaths of crew members, including the death of Captain Haynes at Bombay, folios 53-54.The journal also includes a list of the
Prince Frederick'sofficers and seamen, giving names; qualities [rank or occupation]; and details of those members of the crew who had died, or 'runn' [deserted from the ship], with dates (folios 4-5).The journal is double-dated, where applicable, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian calendar) dates.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 123; 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 112-122, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Correspondence received by the Political Agency relating to a donation of five hundred Indian rupees from the Bahrain merchant Rao Sahib Jashanmal, and the institution of a relief fund in Bombay [Mumbai], for the benefit of people suffering in the wake of the Bombay dockyard explosion and subsequent fire that occurred on 14 April 1944.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-6; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence about the export of Indian pulses, mainly dhal, from Punjab and Sind by sea from Karachi, to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, during and after the Second World War (1939-1945), when essential food commodities were in short supply and subject to Government of India export prohibitions and import quota arrangements in the Persian Gulf shaikhdoms under British protection. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain (often acting in his dual capacity as Food Controller for the Government of Bahrain), and also between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire and Government of India officials in New Delhi. The file contains estimates compiled by the Persian Gulf authorities, regarding the annual requirements for local consumption of dhal in Bahrain and the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms, and communications from the Government of India about the annual import quotas fixed for Bahrain, the Trucial Coast, Kuwait and Muscat. Also included in the file are numerous lists providing details of the distribution of quarterly quota allotments (in tons) for the importation of dhal, among approved merchants in Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait and Muscat, together with the names and addresses of their authorised exporters and shippers in Karachi. There are also wider discussions, including the reaction of the British Indian vegetarian Hindu community in Bahrain to bans on the export of Indian pulses in 1943 and 1946, due to food shortages in India. There is some merchants’ correspondence from Bahrain importers and Karachi exporters, complaining about such matters as Government of India delays in releasing consignments of Indian pulses for shipment to the Persian Gulf and being refused export permits.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates on the last enclosure at the back of the file with 207; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-195; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Physical condition: no back file cover.
Abstract: The journal of the ship
Admiral Watsonby Captain William Cooke. The journal contains:'The list of ship Admiral Watson's Company', including soldiers and Indo-Portuguese lascars (ff 2-4)The daily entries for the voyage from Rotherhithe to Deptford (11 January 1758), Gravesend (27 February 1758), Spithead (28 April 1758), The Lizard (21 May 1758), Island of Trinidada [Ilha da Trindade] (18 July 1758), the coast of Africa (30 August 1758), St Augustine's Bay [Helodrano Ianantsony, Madagascar] (7 September 1758), Johanna [Anjouan] (16 September 1758), the coast of Africa (27 September 1758), the coast of Arabia (24 October 1758), the coast of Persia [Iran] (5 November 1758) and Gombaroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (19 November 1758)The daily entries for the voyage from Gombaroon to Cape Jasques [Cape Jask] (10 January 1759) and Bombay [Mumbai] (24 January 1759)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Point de Galle (21 April 1759), Cape Lagullas [Cape Agulhas] (7 July 1759), St Helena (30 July 1759), Ascention [Ascension] (14 August 1759), Brava [Ilha Brava] (28 August 1759), the English Channel (5 October 1759), the Downs (12 October 1759), Deptford (22 October 1759) and the Custom House (6 November 1759).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: Weather Conditions, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and Week Day, Date and Observations. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes on the sightings of other vessels, and other observations made during the course of the voyages.At the front of the journal is the inscription: 'This is my original Journal, Wm [William] Cooke'. The journal was received on 7 November 1759.Physical description: The foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 122; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every 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: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Arabia Merchant(written as Arabia Marchant in the volume) from England to Mocho [Mocha] and Bombay [Mumbai], 1704-1707. The ship left England on 12 December 1704 and the journal covers its visits to the following places (dates are those of arrival): 28 June 1705, Mocho; 19 October 1705, Bombay; 19 November 1705, Gogo [Goa]; 31 December 1705, Bombay; 23 January 1705/6, Callicut [Calicut]; 24 March 1705/6, Bombay; 30 April 1706, Surat; 5 May 1706, Bombay; 20 May 1706, Carwar [Karwar]; 20 October 1706, Bombay; 5 January 1706/7, Carwar; 27 January 1706/7, Tellecherry [Thalassery]; 3 February 1706/7, Callicut; 24 April 1707, Mauritius.The journal contains daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in six columns: H [Hour], K [Knot], F [Fathoms], Courses, Wind, and a final column recording latitude, longitude, 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 journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style dates (Gregorian calendar).A note at the beginning of the volume states that the journal was received on 22 October 1708.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 99; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every 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 volume consists of various documents mostly relating to East India Company shipping.The documents include the following:Correspondence relating to surviving passengers who had been on board the shipwrecked Dutch East India Company ship
Woestduyn, and various receipts for related expenses dated 1779-80, several of which are written in Dutch (folios 32-38 and 41-46)Two lists of East India Company ships lost or captured between 1760 and 1791An extract from a journal for a voyage of HMS
Medeafrom England to India and back again, between February 1782 and January 1784A memorial from George French, Assistant Deputy Master Attendant in Bengal, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, requesting that he be recommended to the Governor-General of India in Council for the office of Deputy Master Attendant, 28 April 1795A copy of a printed pamphlet entitled 'Fair State of the Case Between The EAST INDIA COMPANY, and The Owners of Ships now in their Service To which are added CONSIDERATIONS on Mr BROUGH’S PAMPHLET, concerning The EAST INDIA COMPANY’S SHIPPING; by Dalrymple', printed 1786A copy of a letter from the Board of Trade to Sir John Shore, Governor-General of India in Council, and a copy of a minute of the Board, regarding a proposal by British merchants relating to the transportation of commodities from Bengal to London, dated 26 May 1795Queries by Lord Castlereagh, President of the Board of Control, into the effects likely to be produced by the East India Company employing ships of 800 rather than 1,200 tons, dated 13 May 1803Copies of letters from Bombay merchants to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council of Bombay, dated 4 July and 17 October 1804, requesting measures to be taken against Arab shippingA record of the position of HMS
Howeeach day at noon, on a journey from Bengal to England, between August 1805 and January 1806A copy of a memorial to the Governor-General of India in Council from merchants, agents and others engaged in the export trade from Calcutta to London, dated 20 November 1807, complaining of hardships experienced due to the great increase in the rate of tonnageA list of passengers on board seven missing ships, c 1809Proposed instructions to Lieutenant Robert Moorsom to carry out a survey to ascertain the most appropriate stations for the shelter, refitting, refreshment, or protection of squadrons, ships of war, convoys, or East India Company ships, in the East Indies, during different seasons and in various circumstances, in case of future war, c 1789Bills and receipts for instruments purchased and delivered to Moorsom for the survey, 1787-89Correspondence (and an abstract of correspondence), mostly between Moorsom, Lieutenant Halsted, and the Board of Control, regarding the mathematical instruments which Moorsom was provided with for the survey (which were subsequently transferred to Lieutenant Halsted), being returned to the Board of Control, dated 1790-1803A catalogue for an auction by Mr Christie of a Library of books, mathematical instruments sent by the Board of Control, and some firearms, to take place on 23, 25 and 26 June 1810Copies of accounts of items purchased by the owners of the ship
Bombayfrom various suppliers, dated 1810.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 370; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: there are multiple pagination sequences which appear intermittently.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship
Orford, kept by Captain Philip Jodrell. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] and Bombay [Mumbai], calling at the following places (all dates given are those of arrival): 12 January 1748, Gravesend; 20 February 1748, Downs; 25 February 1748, Spithead; 11 July 1748, Johanna [Anjouan]; 18 August 1748, Gombroon; 12 October 1748, Bombay; 4 December 1748, Tillicherry [Thalassery]; 15 December 1748, Anjango [Anchuthengu]; 8 May 1749, St Hellena [St Helena]; 10 August 1749, Deptford.The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: H [Hours], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, Weather, and a general remarks column. The general remarks include the date and notes on winds, weather, sea conditions, employment of crew, rigging, ship maintenance, courses, distances, supplies, land bearings, ship sightings, flora and fauna, and some navigational data.Captain Jodrell has inscribed and signed the journal (folio 2).The entry for 23 July 1748 contains a long description of an attempted mutiny on board the ship (folio 44).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 188; 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 123-183, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 133 of 1842.The enclosure is dated 5 November 1842. It consists of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Thomas Herbert Maddock, to HM Consul at Cairo, stating that presents from the Malia Rajah [Raja] of Lahore to Queen Victoria will be sent from Bombay [Mumbai] to Egypt and from there to England. Maddock requests that HM Consul apply to the Pacha [Pāshā] of Egypt for free permits for the cases of presents, to be ready for the time they arrive by steam ship at Suez, from where they will be conveyed to Alexandria and then to England.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: A journal (log book) of the second voyage of the East India Company ship
Ilchester, recorded by the Captain of the ship John Tedd. The daily entries are dated 30 December 1749 to 7 October 1751.The journal includes the following inscriptions (on folio 1): ‘This is my Original Journal John Tedd’, ‘Witness Tho[mas] Reading’, and ‘Rec[eive]d 9th. Oct[obe]r. 1751’.The journal entries begin when the ship was at Deptford, and subsequently record the ship’s arrival at, and departure from, the following places (both Old Style and New Style dates are given in the journal): Morandava [Morondava], Madagascar (21 to 29 July 1750); Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] (3 September to 10 October 1750); Bombay [Mumbai] (24 November to 17 December 1750); Tillicherry [Thalassery] (27 January to 13 February 1750/51); Anjengo [Anchuthengu] (18 February to 3 March 1750/51); St Helena (19 to 30 June 1751). The ship arrived in the Downes [Downs] on 9 September 1751, after which it was at Woolwich, before it returned to Deptford.Daily entries for when the ship was in port mostly record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and stores received on board the ship; actions performed by members of the crew; goods and chests of treasure unloaded from the ship and sent ashore; and the arrival and departure of other ships.Daily entries for when the ship was at sea consist of tables recording the following: remarks, hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, wind directions, comments on the weather, and other information. The other information mainly relates to the following: wind and other weather conditions and sea conditions; sightings and bearings of land; actions performed by members of the crew; and measurements of the course of the ship, distance, and latitude and longitude. The entries also record scurvy amongst the crew.The journal also includes a loose folio (folio 2) inserted into it, which is an invoice ‘For Bringing up the Godolphin. Cap[tain] Stevens Commander from Woolwich to Blackwall’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 119; 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: Journal of the East India Company ship
Edgebastonby Second Mate John Hereford. The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Bombay and back to England, between 28 August 1743 and 9 October 1746 (Captain Stephen Cobham). The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Cours [Course], Winds, Weather and Remarks. Apart from a few exceptions, 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, Dutch ships, Portuguese ships and country ships; commodities carried; descriptions of the coasts seen during the ship's course; and other remarks. The journal includes details of personnel stating name and rank (or 'station') and where applicable, whether dead, deserted (given as 'run' in the journal) or discharged and where and when they started (folios 3-5). Also included is a list of soldiers on board in 1743 (folio 5).The journal also notes relations with other merchants, and mentions of the deaths of members of the crew. Entries are double-dated using both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.Inscribed: 'This is my original journal John Hereford. Witness Tho. [Thomas] Reading' (folio 2). Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 13th October 1746' (folio 2).The ship's route is as follows (dates given are those of arrival): Deptford, 26 August 1743 (folio 6); Gravesend, 21 September 1743 (folio 7); the Downs, 26 October 1743 (folio 8); Table Bay, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope], 16 February 1743/4 (folio 34); Mocha, 2 May 1744 (folio 50); Bombay, 2 September 1744; Surratt [Surat], 11 October 1744 (folio 65); Bombay, 27 October 1744 (folio 66); Bombay, 30 November 1744 (folio 71); Tellicherry [Thalassery], 12 December 1744 (folio 74); Callacut [Calicut, i.e. Kozhikode], 16 December 1744 (folio 75); Tellicherry, 23 December 1744 (folio 74); Cochin [Kochi, also written in the journal as Cochen], 29 December 1744 (folio 76); Tellicherry, 3 January 1744/5 (folio 77); Callacut, 23 January 1744/5 (folio 78); Cochin, 31 January 1744/5 (folio 79); Tellicherry, 19 February 1744/5 (folio 92); Mangulore [Mangalore], 4 March 1744/5 (folio 83); Bombay, 24 March 1744/5 (folio 86); Surratt, 11 April 1745 (folio 87); Bombay, 26 April 1745 (folio 88); Calcutta [Kolkata], 15 June 1745 (folio 87); Kedgree [Khejuri], 12 November 1745 (folio 105); Madarass [Chennai], 23 January 1745/6 (folio 111); Fort St David, 5 February 1745/6 (folio 113); St Helena, 5 May 1746 (folio 135); the Downs, 27 August 1746 (folio 144); Depford, 21 September 1746 (folio 146).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 177; 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 148-176, which have not been digitised.