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1. Bute: Journal
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- Abstract: The journal of the East India Company ship Buteby Captain Maitland Commander. The journal contains:‘A List of Officers Seamen & c. on Board the Ship’ (ff 2-4) and ‘A List of the Hon:ble Companies Soldiers for Madrass’ (ff 5-6)The journal also includes daily entries for the voyage (dates given are those of arrival) from Blackwall to Gravesend (9 January 1767), the Downs (3 March 1767), Isle of Wight (10 March 1767), Island of Madeira (26 March 1767), Island of Palma [Las Palmas de Gran Canaria] (30 March 1767), Island of Antonio [Ilha de Santo Antão] (9 April 1767) and Rio de Janeiro (6 June 1767)The entries for the voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Cape L’Agullas [Cape Agulhas] (3 August 1767), Bassas d’India [Bassas da India] (29 August 1767), Island of Mayotta [Mayotte] (9 September 1767), Island of Comero [Comoros] (13 September 1767) and Bombay [Mumbai] (14 October 1767)The entries for the voyage from Bombay to Tellicherry [Thalassery] (15 December 1767) and Callicut [Kozhikode] (22 December 1767)The entries for the voyage from Callicut to Cannanore [Kannur] (28 December 1767), Tellicherry (30 December 1767), Alguarda Fort [Fort Aguada] (7 January 1768) and Bombay (12 January 1768)The entries for the voyage from Bombay to Surat (20 February 1768), Island of Socratora [Socotra] (22 April 1768), Cape Guardafoy [Guardafui] (24 April 1768), Cape St Peters (26 April 1768), Cape St Anthony (30 April 1768), Babelmandel [Bab al-Mandab Strait] (1 May 1768) and Mocha (2 May 1768)The entries for the voyage from Mocha to the Island of Babelmandel [Jazirat Mayyun] (24 August 1768), Cape Aden (25 August 1768) and Bombay (9 September 1768) andThe entries for the voyage from Bombay to Fort Victoria (8 December 1768), Cape Basses (24 December 1768), Cape Delgada (3 January 1769), Mosambique [Mozambique] (6 January 1769), Cape Corientes [Cape Correntes] (17 January 1769), Table Land (7 February 1769), St Helena (22 February 1769), Island of Assension [Ascension Island] (20 March 1769), Margate (29 May 1769), Gravesend (31 May 1769) and Blackwall (15 June 1769).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour]; Courses, K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Winds & etc.; and Week Day, Calendar 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 observations made during the voyages. The Captain mentions various forms of corporal punishment meted out to the soldiers, and a number of clashes with fleets of ‘Cooley boats’ (vessels operated by Kolis) in north-western India. He also mentions taking on board Arabian horses and bags of freight treasure at Mocha in Yemen.Physical description: The foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 152; 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.
2. York: Journal
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- Abstract: The journal of a voyage to the East Indies on board the ship Yorkby Captain Peter Lascelles. The journal contains:The ‘List of Officers & Seamen on board the ship York from England to the East Indies 1760’ (ff 2-4)The ‘Names [and] Quality [of] Passengers’ (f 4)The Members of ‘Coll: Moriss’ Rejiment [sic]’ and of ‘Col: Parslows Rejim:t’ (ff 4-6)Names of ‘Women belonging to the Military’ (f 6)The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (13 March 1760), the Downs (18 April 1760), Spithead (24 April 1760), the Lizard (10 May 1760), Island of Palma [La Palma] (30 May 1760), Island of Ferro [El Hierro] (1 June 1760) and Parnambucca [Pernambuco] (10 July 1760)The daily entries for the voyage from Parnambucca to Bay of All Saints (26 July 1760), Island of St Paul’s [Île Saint-Paul] (24 October 1760), Dundra Head [Dondra Head] (5 December 1760), Point de Galle (6 December 1760), Columbo [Colombo] (9 December 1760), Cape Comorin [Kanyakumari] (11 December 1760), Quilone [Kollam] (12 December 1760), Ansangor [Anchuthengu] (13 December 1760), Cochin [Kochi] (19 December 1760), Callicut [Kozhikode] (26 December 1760), Tellicherry [Thalassery] (27 December 1760), Pigeon Island [Netrani Island] (4 January 1761), Vingorla [Vengurla] Rocks (5 January 1761) and Bombay [Mumbai] (12 January 1761)List of officers and seamen on board the Yorkat leaving Bombay (ff 78-80)List of lascars aboard the York(f 80)List of passengers from Bombay (f 81)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Surat (23 February 1761), Socatra [Socotra] (17 April 1761), Cape Gardafui [Cape Guardafui] (19 April 1761), Mount Felix (20 April 1761), Babelmandel Island [Jazirat Mayyun] (24 April 1761) and Mocha (25 April 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to Babelmandel Island (23 July 1761), Mount Aden (25 July 1761), Mount Felix (27 July 1761) and Bombay (5 August 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Domus tree [Dumas] (23 August 1761), Basseen [Vasai] (18 September 1761), Cape Comorine (28 September 1761), Julius Nave (1 October 1761), Ballasore [Balasore] (16 October 1761) and Ingelie [Hijili] (25 October 1761)The daily entries for the voyage from Ingelie to Barabulla (24 December 1761), Point Palmiras (26 December 1761), Dunderhead [Dondra Head] (8 January 1762), Point de Gaul [Galle] (10 January 1762), Ansangor (16 January 1762), Cochin (21 January 1762), Callicut (23 January 1762), Tellicherry (24 January 1762), Cannannore [Kannur] (26 January 1762), Cape Ramas (6 February 1762), Vingorla Rocks (9 February 1762) and Bombay (18 February 1762)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Tellicherry (22 April 1762), Cochin (4 May 1762), Quilone [Kollam] (8 May 1762), Cape Comorine (9 May 1762), Cape Legullas [Cape Agulhas] (5 July 1762), St Helena (2 August 1762), Rame Head (4 October 1762), Margate (30 November 1762) and Northfleet Hope (8 December 1762).Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 195; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. The Journal of the Ship Phoenixby Captain William Moffat Esq
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- Abstract: The journal of the East India Company ship Phoenixby Captain William Moffat Esq from 24 February 1800 to 24 July 1802. The journal contains:A ‘List of Ships Company Phœnix 6th Voyage 1800’ (ff 2 and 3)Lists of Troops belonging to His Majesty’s Regiments, Women and Children accompanying the Detachments, and Recruits belonging to different Regiments in India (ff 2-3 and ff 4-6)List of Private Passengers for India embarked on board at Portsmouth (f 3), Lists of Invalids embarked on board for Bombay, those embarked on board for England (ff 6-7), and List of Discharged Soldiers received on board at St Helena (f 7)The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (23 March 1800), Beachy Head (7 May 1800), Mother Bank (8 May 1800), Torbay [Tor Bay] (25 May 1800), the Lizard (29 May 1800), Saint Anthony [Ilha de Santo Antão] (24 June 1800), Table Bay (6 September 1800), Island of Apaluria (20 October 1800), Great Nicobar (1 November 1800), Car Nicobar (5 November 1800), Little Andaman (7 November 1800), South Channel (22 November 1800), Kedgiree [Khejuri] (25 November 1800), Culpi [Kulpi] (6 December 1800) and Diamond Harbour (7 December 1800)The daily entries for the voyage from Diamond Harbour to Culpee [Kulpi] (7 January 1801), Saugor [Sagar] (9 January 1801), Point Palmiras (15 February 1801), Trincomalie [Trincomalee] (24 February 1801), Point de Galle (27 February 1801), Columbo [Colombo] (5 March 1801), Cape Cormorin [Kanyakumari] (7 March 1801), Calicut [Kozhikode] (14 March 1801), Mangalore [Mangaluru] (18 March 1801), Pigeon Island [Netrani Island] (22 March 1801), Goa (26 March 1801) and Bombay [Mumbai] (2 April 1801)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Cape Gardafui [Guardafui] (11 July 1801), Mount Felix (13 July 1801), Cape St Peter (14 July 1801), Burnt Island (20 July 1801), Aden (2 August 1801), Babel Mandel Island [Jazirat Mayyun] (14 August 1801) and Mocha (24 August 1801)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to Pilot’s Island (21 September 1801), Cape Aden (23 September 1801), Black Point (25 September 1801), Reiden [Raida] (2 October 1801), Halabi Island (7 October 1801) and Bombay (17 October 1801)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to St Mary’s Rocks (20 November 1801), Tellicherry [Thalassery] (23 November 1801), Anjanga [Anchuthengu] (4 January 1802) and Quillon [Kollam] (5 January 1802)The daily entries for the voyage from Quillon to Anjanga (21 January 1802), Cape Cormorin (24 January 1802), Cape Lagullas [Cape Agulhas] (20 March 1802), False Cape [False Bay] (21 March 1802); St Helena (5 April 1802), Island of Ascension (18 April 1802); St Mary’s Island (21 May 1802), Praule Point [Prawle Point] (6 June 1802), Beachy Head (7 June 1802), Dungeness (8 June 1802), the Nore (9 June 1802), Gravesend (11 June 1802), Halfway Reach (24 June 1802) and Deptford (25 June 1802).The journal contains daily entries in six printed columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds & c., and Week Day, Calendar Date and Observations. The entries consist of remarks only when the ship is at anchor. The journal provides navigational information, notes on sightings of other vessels, and other observations during voyages. The journal records the Phoenix’s capture of the French privateer General Malarticon 10 November 1800. It describes the Malarticas sailing ‘close to us, her Tops and Rigging manned for boarding’, but that having given her ‘part of our starboard broadside... they called out they had surrendered’ (f 56 verso). Moffat later took on board Major General David Baird and his staff at Sagar in Bengal (f 63 verso). Baird and his staff transferred to the gunboat Waspbound for Bombay on 25 March 1801 (f 73 verso). Moffat subsequently met with the Griffinand part of the 80th Regiment of Foot at Aden, learned about the arrival of the expeditionary ships the Anna Maria, Wellesleyand Londonat Socotra, and news that ‘the whole French Army near Cairo have surrendered to the British' (f 95 verso). He later ‘gained intelligence of the preliminaries of peace between France and England being signed 10th October last [i.e. 1801]’ (f 119).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 162; 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.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 93 - 162; these numbers are also circled and have been superseded and therefore crossed out.