1 - 9 of 9
Number of results to display per page
Search Results
1. ‘Aden. Wreck of the Ship “Mary Florence” – Vol. 3’
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; Archibald Spens, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay; James Newton, Chief Officer of the Mary Florence; and Lieutenant Charles Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden. It is the third in a series of three items on the wreck of the Mary Florence.The item concerns the wreck of the Mary Florenceoff Cape Guardafui [Ras Asir] on 3 June 1850. The item contains a report by Cruttenden on information he received about the wreck and the fate of the shipwrecked sailors when he visited Allooleh [Caluula] and Bunder Murayah [Bandar Murcanyo].The item also contains a deposition from James Newton, who, along with other crew members, was stranded at Cape Guardafui when the rope when the line connecting the wreck to the shore was cut, and was taken to Allooleh and from there reached Aden.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Coll[ection] 10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 349, and terminates at f 362, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
2. ‘Aden. Wreck of the Ship “Mary Florence” off Cape Guardafui – Vol: 1’
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Christopher Short; and Archibald Spens, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay. It is the first in a series of three items on the wreck of the Mary Florence.The item concerns the wreck of the Mary Florenceoff Cape Guardafui [Ras Asir] on 3 June 1850. The item contains descriptions of the wreck by Captain Short, who was commanding the vessel, and who attributes it to a lack of accuracy in his charts. Short also describes how his wife, two mates, and four other crew members were left behind at the Cape when the rope connecting the wreck to the shore broke or was cut. He claims this was a deliberate act by the local inhabitants who plundered the stores the crew had salvaged and left on shore.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Collection No 10 in 3 volumes’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 308, and terminates at f 324, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
3. ‘Aden. Wreck of Merchant Ship “Mary Florence” – Vol: 2’
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden. It is the second in a series of three items on the wreck of the Mary Florence.The item concerns the wreck of the Mary Florenceoff Cape Guardafui [Ras Asir] on 3 June 1850. The item contains descriptions of the wreck by Captain Short, who was commanding the vessel, and who attributes it to a lack of accuracy in his charts, a claim refuted by Haines.The item also contains depositions from James Newton and Junius (or Julius) Middleton Parkin who were left stranded at Cape Guardafui together with Mrs Short and four other crew members, when the line connecting the wreck to the shore was cut. They describe the deaths of Mrs Short and three other crew members, and how they themselves with another seaman, Robert Roberts, were taken to Ulloolah [Caluula] and finally reached Aden in the Columbiaand the Mahi. There is also a deposition from John McKinnon, who was with the main party that escaped from the wreck in the longboat, but was left behind at Cape Felix [Ras Filuk] and then joined the other three men at Ulloolah. The depositions and Haines’s reflection on the events emphasise the good conduct of the people the crew encountered, despite the plunder of the ship’s goods.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Coll[ection] 10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 325, and terminates at f 348, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
4. Barrington: Journal
- Description:
- Abstract: The journal of the East India Company ship Barringtonby Captain John Hunter from 24 August 1722 to 12 March 1724. The journal contains entries providing the dates of arrival at various ports of call in both Old and New Style:The daily entries for the voyage from Deptford to Gravesend (26 September 1722), the Downs (27 October 1722), the English Channel (26 November 1722), Portland (5 December 1722), Falmouth (10 December 1722), the Lizard (3 January 1722/23), Table Bay (28 March 1723), Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope] (7 April 1723), Cape Lagullas [Cape Agulhas] (9 April 1723), Comaro [Comoros] (30 April 1723), Cape Guardefoy [Cape Guardafui] (14 May 1723), Babelmandel [Bab al-Mandab] (23 May 1723) and Mocha (24 May 1723)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to Mount Felix (18 August 1723), Vingorla Islands [Vengurla Rocks] (29 August 1723), Algardas Fort [Fort Aguada] (30 August 1723), Carwarr [Karwar] (6 September 1723), Tellecherry [Thalassery] (17 September 1723) and Cochin [Kochi] (25 September 1723)The daily entries for the voyage from Cochin to Table Bay (4 December 1723), St Helena (1 January 1723/24), Ascention [Ascension Island] (9 January 1723/24) and Margate (12 March 1723/24).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Wind [Directions]; Weather; 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 sightings of other vessels, and observations made during the course of the voyages. Hunter mentions that he had missed Commodore Thomas Mathews, accompanied by two other Men of War, by ‘about 10 days’ before the Barrington’s arrival at Mocha on 24 May 1723. He notes the presence of Moor [i.e. Arab], Dutch, Ostend, French and Prussian trading vessels, and complains about the Chief Factor, John Sarson’s manner of handing over the packet of letters for India without the requisite ‘cording... and sealing as usuall’ and calls in the officers as witnesses. Hunter later states that in his opinion ‘a ship may get up the Gulf any time of the year, keeping the Ethiopian shore abroad, till he thinks he can fetch Aden’ and he is likewise of the opinion that ‘there is several good anchoring places on the Ethiopian shore where shiping may watch an opportunity of a wind’ (folio 83 verso to 89 recto).Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 187; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
5. Bute: Journal
- Description:
- 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.
6. Aden Affairs
- Description:
- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 28 of 1844, dated 30 March 1844. The enclosures are dated 22 January-30 March 1844.The enclosures chiefly comprise correspondence between: Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden; John Pollard Willoughby, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay; the Government of India; and Captain Sir Robert Oliver RN, Superintendent of the Indian Navy. (There are also some minutes confirming the transfer of certain documents to the Marine Department).The following subjects are covered:The general state of affairs at Aden, including the growth of trade and efforts to make the Sultan of Lahidge [Lahej, also spelled Lahedge in this item] swear an oath of alliance to the British Government in return for a monthly salaryThe death of the Imaum of Sana [Imam of Sana'a] on 8 January 1844 and the disputed succession to the chiefshipOperations to rescue the crew of the late steamer Memnonwhich was ship-wrecked near Ras Assyr [Cape Guardafui], including: the use of the HC (Honourable Company’s) schooner of war Constanceto transport rescued crew and supplies respectively to and from Aden; arrangements for monetary and other gifts to be distributed by the Assistant Agent, Lieutenant Charles J Cruttenden, to local chiefs who assisted the stranded crew and protected the ship and the camp valuables for five months between September 1843 and January 1844; and arrangements to pay the last month’s salary of the crew brought back to AdenThe Political Agent’s arrangements with Bombay and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy for sending the HC brig of war Tigrisand the Constanceback to the Bombay Presidency once they have fulfilled certain duties as their tenure in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea has been exceeded, and the Superintendent’s intention to send the HC brig Euphratesto the Red Sea stationAuthorisation by the Government of India for the publication of Lieutenant Willmott Christopher’s journal of his proceedings whilst employed on the north east coast of Africa, commanding the Tigris, in the Proceedings of the Bombay branch of the Royal Geographical Society, including a letter from Willoughby to George Buist LLD, Secretary to the Geographical Society of Bombay (f 565)Notice by the Military Department to the Superintendent of the Indian Navy of plans to despatch the 47th Regiment Madras Native Infantry to Aden to relieve the 10th and 16th Regiments of Bombay Native Infantry currently at Aden.Physical description: The enclosure numbers 3-17 are written on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure, which also contain an abstract of the contents of the enclosure.
7. Survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company's Cruiser Ternate
- Description:
- Abstract: A survey of the East Coast of Africa by Captain Thomas Smee and Lieutenant Henry Hardy in the East India Company cruisers the Ternateand the Sylph(1810-1811).Folios 23-142 contain a report of proceedings on board the Ternate, 1 January-25 September 1811. The report contains:The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay [Mumbai] to Duraja [Darsah] (15 January 1811), Abdel Curia [Abd al-Kuri] (16 January 1811), Cape Guardafui (18 January 1811), Cape Bassas (29 January 1811), Magadosha [Mogadishu] (2 February 1811), Brava [Baraawe] (3 February 1811), Juba [Jubba] (4 February 1811), Island of Keewyaoo [Kiwayu] (6 February 1811), Island of Patté [Paté] (7 February 1811), Formosa Bay [Ungwana Bay] (15 February 1811), Mombass [Mombasa] (18 February 1811), Island of Pemba (21 February 1811) and Zanzibar (23 February 1811)The daily entries for the voyage from Zanzibar to Tumbat Island [Tumbatu Island] (10 April 1811), Kewyoo Island [Kiwayu Island] (11 April 1811), Cape d'Orfici (21 April 1811), Cape Felix (22 April 1811), Bird Island (24 April 1811), Babelmandel [Bab-el-Mandeb] (26 April 1811) and Mocha (27 April 1811)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to Cape Israel (17 May 1811), Gedam Island (19 May 1811) and Judda [Jeddah] (27 May 1811)The daily entries for the voyage from Judda to Sabaya Islands [Jabal al-Sabaya] (8 August 1811), Mocha (10 August 1811), Babelmandel (29 August 1811), Mette Island (1 September 1811), Bird Island (6 September 1811) and arrival at Surat (23 September 1811) (ff 23-142).Smee describes the Island of Patté as being in a 'very troubled state' owing to the rival claims of two cousins to the 'Sooltanship', with the younger claimant 'Sooltan Ahmed [Sultan Ahmad bin Shaykh al-Nabhani]' having the support of the stronger faction, and keeping his elder cousin confined to a 'small mud fort near the Town'. Smee provides a detailed report of his reception, negotiations, and eventual escape from Paté (ff 55-67). He also provides detailed accounts of his meetings with the 'Hakeem' [Hakim] of Zanzibar, 'Yacood' [i.e. Yaqut bin Ambar al-Habashi], whom Smee describes as being a 'Eunuch Slave of the Imaum of Muscat [i.e. Sulṭān Sa‘īd II bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] born in Amhara, a Province of Abyssinia' (ff 81-92), which is followed by a 'Description of the Island of Zanzibar or Zingebaur as it is called by the Natives' (ff 99-110). The latter includes a description of the slave market together with moral arguments against slavery (ff 103-105). Smee was later received by the Dola [Dawla] of Mocha, who informed him that the 'Imaum' of Senna [i.e. Imam of San‘a’, Al-Mutawakkil ala ‘Allah Ahmad bin ‘Ali al-Qāsimī], had taken the field against Wahabee [the Wahhabi], and marched towards the rebel states of Hodeida [Hudayda] Lopeia [Luhayya] and Bettefackie [Bayt al-Faqih], and he wished the cruiser to remain for the protection of Mocha Roads. Smee had to decline the Dawla's request, however, as it would impede his delivery of dispatches to the Viceroy of Egypt [Kavalali Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha] and his planned voyage to Jeddah (ff 122-23 and f 160). He continued his voyage and subsequently met the Sharif of Mecca [Ghālib bin Musā’id al-Hāshimī], and 'Arabee Jellanee' [‘Arabi Jilani], the principal merchant at Jeddah, to whom he entrusted the Governor's letters for the Viceroy of Egypt and the 'Commanding Officer of the Turkish Forces' [i.e. Tusun Pasha] (ff 127-28).Folios 163-211 contain a report by Lieutenant Hardy, including:A description of the coast of Africa from Cape Guardafui to Magadixa [Mogadishu], Marca [Merca], Brava and Zanzibar, and the return voyage of the Company's Brig Sylphto Chaul (12 October 1811)An extract from the log refuting James Bruce's hypothesis about the monsoon on the east coast of AfricaAn account of different rivers on the coast from Zualiffe towards Mozambique (ff 188-99)The Glossaries of Swahili and "Galla" [Oromo] vocabularies compiled by Lieutenant Hardy (ff 199-206)The minutes of the Government-in-Council on the actions taken, and the information collected by Captain Smee and Lieutenant Hardy during the survey, including an application from Smee for financial compensation (ff 207-11).Hardy describes the arrival of the brother-in-law of the 'King of Johanna' [Sultan Alawi bin Husayn Mwinye Fani] at Zanzibar in 'great distress for Provisions and Clothes'. The party had earlier departed from Johanna [Anjouan] with 'some Portuguese Prisoners' for Mozambique, and included 'five Gentlemen [,] one Captain and 12 Sailors, besides thirty two Slaves most of them femini [sic] ones, which they said were a present from the Governor of Mozambique [António Manuel de Melo e Castro de Mendonça] to the King of Johanna'. Hardy was later approached by the Vizier of the deposed Sultan of Paté to help 'enable him to repair his boat, she having run on shore in bad weather whilst attempting to get to Mombass to secure his property' (ff 166-67).The volume also includes:A letter from Captain Thomas Smee, Commander of the Ternate, to W J Hamilton, Secretary to the Government and the Marine Department, 23 December 1810, requesting that the Sylphaccompany the Ternatein exploring the coast of Africa, and for the latter to be allowed to transport 1000 Rupees' worth of presents for the 'natives necessity' (ff 3-4)A letter from Deputy Secretary James Farish to Captain Smee, 31 December 1810, containing sailing instructions for the exploration of the African coast from 'Cape Gardafui to the Southward, as far as may be found compatible with the season of the year', with particular attention to the Somali Coast from Cape Gardafui [Guardafui] to Brava [Baraawe], and proceeding to the Island of Paté, 'a civilized and mercantile resort' to meet the Prince [i.e. Sultan]. Farish requested Smee to 'endeavor to learn which of the Rivers, that reach the sea on that [East African] coast may be with most probability conjectured to give passage to the waters of the Niger'. He further instructed Smee to continue sailing southwards from Paté 'as far as the Island of Zanzibar, in which, as belonging to our ally the Imaum of Muscat, you may rely on a friendly reception'. Smee was directed to collect as much information as possible about the southern branch of the Nile, the Muslim Principality of Hurhur [Harar], the Christian states of Yafat/Ifat and Shoa, and the 'great in-land Cities (under Mussulman Princes) of Tombuctoo [Timbuktu], Hoolsaye [Hawsa] and Cashna [Katsina]' (ff 4-13)An extract of a letter from Captain David Seton, 21 September 1801, on his failure to obtain any information about Housay [Hawsa] and Tumbuctoo and providing certain details about Burrava [Baraawe], the southern branch of the Nile [i.e. the White Nile], Melinda [Malindi] and the trade in slaves, silk and cotton on the east coast of Africa (ff 13-14)An extract from a memoir by Ibrahim Pirkar, 21 September 1800, about the port of Burbureea [Berbera] and its trade with the ports located along the Gulph of Kutch, Muskat [Muscat], Mocha, Mukulla [Mukalla] and Judda [Jeddah], the dearth of information about Tumbuctoo and Kassinan [Katsina Emirate], and the death of an Englishman reported by the merchant Hajee Mohummud [Haji Muhammad al-Habashi] of Abyssinia [Ethiopia] (ff 14-15)The translation of a report from Ibrahim Purkar to Governor of Bombay Jonathan Duncan, 26 February 1809 about Burbureea, Mocha, Yuf’at [Ifat], Gondur [Gondar], Goojam [Gojjam], Begamdur [Begemder], Lasna [Lasta] and Madramra (ff 15-17)A description of the rivers of Jenne [Djenné] called Zambexe [Zambezi], from the Island of Mozambique to Quilimane [Quelimane], Luabo, Tete, Lupatia [Lupata], Kingdom of Tanbard, Massangane, Tipui, Chicooa [Chicora], Zumbo and Manica (ff 17-21)A list of different tribes composing the cargo of slaves taken by the East India Company ship Sir Edward Hughes. The list includes the names of seventeen different tribes (ff 21-22)A receipt from the Sultan of Paté, Ahmad bin Shaykh al-Nabhani, listing the articles received from the Ternateand dated at Paté Harbour, 10 February 1811, with an additional note from Captain Smee, complaining that they had been 'extorted' from him by the Sultan (ff 142-43)A letter from Lieutenant Hardy to Captain Smee, dated 25 February 1811, informing him of the 'many bad and dangerous qualities' of the Sylphas a Schooner, and suggesting that it be 'rigged as a Brig' (ff. 143-48)A committee held by Captain Smee, Lieutenant Hardy, Lieutenant James Arthur, and Assistant Surgeon George Wigham at Zanzibar Harbour on 1 April 1811 to consider the contents of a letter received from the 'Nacqudahs' [i.e. Nakhudas or Captains] of 'three vessels belonging to the Port of Surat, and one to Bownagur [Bhavnagar] setting forth the ill treatment they are subject to from the Hakeem of Zanzibar and ‘soliciting on the part of their several owners, the services of the Hon:ble Company's Brig Sylphthat she may 'remain with them and afford a security to them’ (ff 148-51)'A Comprehensive List of Dialects, in use on the Coast of East Africa', compiled by Captain Smee on the basis of information provided by the merchants Mahomed Abdelriuman Ben Omar Seomary [Muhammad Abd al-Rahman bin Omar al-Sumari] (Somali and 'Galla' [Oromo]); Syed Moother Ben Syed Aboo Booker of Baraawe [Sayyid Mudhar bin Sayyid Abu Bakr al-Barawi] (Somali and 'Galla' [Oromo]); and Mahomed Ben Caliph of Zanzibar [Muhammad bin Khalifa al-Zinjibari] (Swahili) (ff 151-56, and f 87 and f 89)The exchanges of letters between Captain Smee and the British Agent in the Gulf of Arabia, Captain Henry Rudland, to: arrange for the treatment of sick crew members on board the Ternate; convince the 'Commandant' of Hudaydah, Hadjee Jewah Hussan [Haji Jawa Hasan] to release the ship Rahmanee[Rahmani] commanded by Nacooda Hadjee Hamood of Tellicherry [Nakhuda Haji Hammud Thalasiri]; convey a letter from the Governor of Bombay to the Viceroy of Egypt tactfully refusing the latter's request to furnish two warships for the war being waged against the Wahaby [Wahhabi]; and assess the suitability of the dhows Salamed Passand[Salamat Pasand] and Hamdee[Hamdi] for the transportation of 1000 bales of coffee from Mocha to Bombay on behalf of the East India Company (ff 156-62).Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 211; 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 2-211; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
8. York: Journal
- Description:
- 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.
9. The Journal of the Ship Phoenixby Captain William Moffat Esq
- Description:
- 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.