Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 114 of 1842, dated 15 October 1842. The enclosures are dated 26 September to 15 October 1842, and consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden and the surrounding area, including Mocha.The correspondence is mainly between the following: the Political Agent at Aden (Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines); the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]; and the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor General (Thomas Herbert Maddock). There is also a letter from Haines to the Secretary to the Secret Committee.The correspondence discusses British relations with local rulers, including Sultan M’Houssain Fudthel of Lahidge [Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī, Sultan of Lahej], whom Haines reports had issued an order prohibiting supplies of grass being sent to the town of Aden. The correspondence also concerns the restoration of the stipend formerly received by the Foudthelee Chief [the Fadhli Sultan, Aḥmad bin Abdullāh al-Faḍlī] from the British Government.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-8, on folios 370-372. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1853, dated 29 March 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-8. Enclosure numbers 3-5 are dated 14 to 28 March 1853.Enclosure number 3 is a letter from the Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet, reporting on the general state of affairs at Aden and in its vicinity, and in the Red Sea ports. Haines discusses matters including relations between the Foutheli [Fadhli] Chief, Sultan Hamed bin Abdalla Foutheli [Aḥmad bin Abdullāh al-Faḍlī] and the Lahidge [Lahij] Chief, Sultan Ali M’Houssain [‘Alī I bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī]. Haines states that the Sultan of Lahidge is anxious to consult him about how he can prevent supplies to Aden being disrupted by the Foutheli Chief, who had united with other tribes in an attempt to achieve this, in order to annoy the Sultan of Lahidge.In the same letter Haines also reports the arrival of the French frigate
Jeanne D’Arcat Aden on 9 March and its departure on 11 March 1853, and states that the French corvette
Caimanwould leave Aden to join the French Admiral at Mocha a few hours after Haines’s despatch. Haines goes on to state that he had been received on board the
Jeanne D’Arcby the French naval Commander-in-Chief Rear Admiral Laguerore [Laguerre?], and Haines provides details of the ship. He reports that the Admiral informed him that he intended to take a cruise to Mocha, Hodeida [Al Hudaydah], Mussowa [Massawa], and Judda [Jeddah], and the officers mentioned that they were also bound for Suez. Haines states that the Admiral was secretive about the reason for their visit to the Red Sea, but the younger officers told him they wanted a settlement to assist them in their steam communication with France. Haines discusses possible places they could choose for such a settlement or coal depot, noting the disadvantages of each place, and speculates about other possible reasons for the visit.Enclosure number 4 is another despatch from Haines to Malet, submitting a report by Lieutenant King of the Indian Navy on affairs at Mussowa, Hodeida, and Mocha.Enclosure number 6 is a minute by the Governor of Bombay concurred in by the Board, stating that the actions of the Political Agent at Aden may be approved, that he should be directed to communicate to the Government of Bombay any further information he may obtain regarding the movements of the French vessels of war in the Red Sea.Numbers 6-8, which a note on folio 541 dated 2 November 1906 states are missing, are listed in the abstract of contents as copies of the
Bombay Times, the
Telegraph and Courier, and the
Bombay Gazetteoverland newspapers of 29 March 1853.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-8, on folios 541-542. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship
Barringtonfrom England to Mocha, November 1725-April 1726, from Mocha to Bombay [Mumbai], May-June 1726, from Bombay to the mouth of Rogues River [Hooghly River], August-October 1726, and from Rogues River to England, February 1726 [New Style date 1727]- September 1727 (Captain John Hunter).The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.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 116; 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,
Prince William, kept by Captain William Beresford. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Mocha and Bombay [Mumbai] (all dates are those of arrival): 16 November 1732, Downs; 23 February 1733, Cape; 30 April 1733, Mocha; 25 July 1733, Bombay; 3 December 1733, St Helena; 16 February 1734, Downs.At the front of the volume (folio 3) is the inscription: 'This is my originall journal [original journal], Wm. Beresford'.The journal consists of daily entries in six columns and a margin: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a remarks column. When the ship is at anchor the entries are remarks only. The remarks column contains the date, and information on weather, courses, distances, land sightings, ship sightings, ship maintenance, and some navigational data. Occasionally other miscellaneous notes are made, such as the names of the deceased, flora and fauna seen from the ship, and any unusual occurrences.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 90; 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 67-89, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship,
Princess Amelia, kept by Captain John Misenor. The journal covers the ship's voyage to Batavia [Jakarta], Macoy [Macau], Mocha, and Bombay [Mumbai] (dates are those of arrival): 7 March 1725, Batavia; 11 April 1725, Borneo; 3 August 1725, Amoy [Xiamen]; 28 September 1725, Macoy (Whampoa Anchorage); 3 March 1726, Tellicherry [Thalassery, India]; 21 April 1726, Mocha; 28 August 1726, Bombay; 22 September 1726, Tellicherry; 23 December 1726, Cape Bona Esperance [Cape of Good Hope]; 6 February 1727, St Helena; 3 April 1727, Barbadoes [Barbados] (unplanned due to disrepair of the ship); 2 July 1727, Deptford.At the front of the journal (folio 1) is the inscription: 'This Is my Originall Journall', signed by John Misenor, 25 July 1727.The journal consists of daily entries in seven columns: Month, H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and some navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes include observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 113; 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 voyage of the East India Company ship
Portfieldfrom England to Mocha and Surat, and back (Captain Francis D'Abbadie), 28 April 1746-9 September 1748 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Plimouth [Plymouth], 20 September 1746; 23 December 1746, Cape of Good Hope; 17 May 1747, Mocha; 5 September 1747, Surat; 11 March 1747 [Old Style]/11 March 1748 [New Style], Bahia de Todos Los Santos; 8 July 1748, Lisbon; 21 August 1748, the Downes [Downs].The ship was at the Cape of Good Hope from 23 December 1746 to 23 March 1747 [New Style date only given in the record], at Mocha from 17 May to 15 August 1747, and at Surat from 5 September to 28 November 1747.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, F. D'Abbadie' (folio 1).Marked: 'Rec. [Received] 12 Sept. [September] 1748' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; C [course]; 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; the ballasting, provisioning and maintenance of the ship; transport of Company soldiers; contact with other British ships, and His Majesty's ships (including Admiral George Anson's squadron); references to the other ships with which the
Portfieldsailed in convoy; weather; winds; sea conditions; sightings of birds and marine animals; deaths of crew members and soldiers; sightings of other vessels; and commodities carried (especially coffee at Mocha).The Journal employs astrological symbols to indicate the days of the week.Also included is an account of a complaint received by the Captain of the
Portfieldfrom the Governor and Council of Bombay: folio 83.The journal is generally double-dated, where applicable, giving both Old Style (Julian calendar) and New Style (Gregorian calendar) dates.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 153; 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 journal of the East India Company ship
Talbotis part of the Marine Department Records, Ships' Journals. Inscribed: 'This is my original journal Thos [Thomas]: Dethick. Witness R. Cole'.The logbook contains 'a list of the officers and seamen belonging to the Talbot' (ff 1a- 2 verso). The list includes details of their names; positions; and whether they had died, had run [deserted from the ship], or had been discharged. The logbook records the observations and accidents during the ship
Talbot's voyage from England towards Bombay, Tellicherry [Thalassery], Callicutt [Calicut], Cochin [Kochi], Surat, Mocha, China and back. It contains daily entries in five columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], and Winds. It also provides general navigational information, weather conditions, latitude and longitude. The logbook contains notes of sightings of other vessels [ships and ketches] such as the
Bombay Frigatesailing for Juddah [Jeddah], and the
Fatta Dowlet[Fath al-Dawlah] Captain Laming sailing for Bussarah [Basra] in 1764. It also contains records of freight goods taken on board and ashore including pepper, sandalwood, salt, wood, coffee, sugar and tea.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 195; 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.It contains one foliation anomaly f 1a.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1841, dated 31 March 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence dated 22 to 31 March 1841.The correspondence concerns: instructions for the Officer in Command of the Squadron ordered on duty to Aden, for the purpose of strengthening British influence in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; and the suppression of the slave trade between the East Coast of Africa and several ports on the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.The correspondence is between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay (John Pollard Willoughby) and the following: the Secretary to the Government of India (Thomas Herbert Maddock); the Officer in Command of HM Naval Force proceeding to the Red Sea; the Political Agent at Aden (Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines); the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Samuel Hennell); and the British Agent at Muscat (Captain Atkins Hamerton).Physical description: There is a list of enclosures, numbered 1-5, on folio 616.
Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the
Greenwichfrom England to Mocha (Captain Richard Lasinby), 1723-26 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): 19 November 1723 leaves the Downs; 27 February 1723 [New Style date 1724] at anchor in Table Bay; 19 March 1723 [New Style date 1724], Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope]; 11 April 1724, Island Comoro [Comoros]; 6 May 1724 Mocha Road [Mocha]; 2 September 1724, Bombay; 24 September 1724, Suratt Barr [Surat]; 27 October 1724, Bombay; 7 November 1724, Karwar; 20 November 1724, Mangalore Road [Mangalore]; 16 December 1724, Carwarr Bay [Karwar]; 12 January 1724 [New Style date 1725], Mocha Road; 25 August 1725, Bombay; 4 September 1725, Carwarr; 16 October 1725, Cochin Road [Kochi]; 8 January 1726, Table Bay; 19 February 1726, St Helena Road [Saint Helena]; 30 June 1726, River Thames.The first page (folio 3) of the journal is headed: 'A Journal of an Intended Voyage By Gods Permission in the Good Ship Greenwich From England To Mocha in the East Indies By Me Rich. Lasinby Master 1723'. This page also contains a note: 'This is my Original Journal. Rich. Lasinby Recd. 5th July 1726'.The journal contains daily entries recording navigational information, winds, weather, and sightings of other ships. The log book contains daily entries in eight columns: H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], C [Courses], W [Winds], [Remarks] including Latitude and Longitude.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 94; 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 74-93, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: This volume consists of a journal (log book) recording the second voyage of the East India Company ship
Doddingtonfrom England to Bombay and Mocha, kept by the Captain Norton Hutchinson. The journal entries are dated 8 January 1752 to 9 June 1754.The journal contains the following inscriptions: ‘This is my origional Journall [sic] Norton Hutchinson’, ‘Witness W[illia]m Settle’ and ‘Rec[eive].d 3d July 1754’.The entries record the ship setting sail from the Downs on 20 March 1752, having been at Woolwich and Gravesend prior to this. The entries record the ship being anchored in the following places: Lisbon Harbour (10 to 30 April 1752); St Augustin’s [Augustine’s] Bay (3 to 17 August 1752); Bombay (9 to 21 October and 14 to 20 November 1752, with the ship being on a cruise between these dates); Surat (26 December 1752 to 2 January 1753); Scindy Road [probably the waters off Karachi in Sindh] (9 to 13 January 1753); Surat (19 to 24 February 1753); Bombay (26 February to 6 March 1753); Mangalore [Mangaluru] (10 to 15 March 1753); Tellicherry [Thalassery] (16 to 21 March 1753); Mocha (16 April to 27 August 1753); Bombay (16 September to 3 December 1753); Table Bay (14 February to 5 March 1754); and St Helena (17 to 22 March 1754). The ship moored at Gravesend on 31 May 1754.Daily entries for when the ship was in port or at anchor record information including: wind and other weather conditions; goods, provisions and dispatches received on board the ship; goods and chests of treasure unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; members of the crew being punished for offences committed; and the arrival and departure of other ships.Daily entries for when the ship was at sail consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), courses, winds, remarks (mostly about the weather), and other comments. The other comments record information including: wind and other weather conditions; the course of the ship; actions performed by the crew; ships with which the
Doddingtonwas sailing in company; sightings of other ships; birds, snakes, and animals observed; and deaths of members of the crew. These entries also include measurements relating to the course of the ship, meridian distance from various places, and latitude and longitude.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 134; 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
Donegal(referred to throughout as 'Donegall') from England to Bengal and Mocha, and back (Captain Henry Cliff), 1708-11 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): set off in convoy from the Downs, 9 April 1708; left St Hellens [St Helens], 24 May 1708; 27 August 1708, Cape Good Hope [Cape of Good Hope]; 18 January 1708 [Old Style]/18 January 1709 [New Style], Ballasore [Balasore]; 24 January 1708 [Old Style]/24 January 1709 [New Style], Rouges River [Rogues River]; 20 April 1709, Fort St Davids [Fort St David]; 6 May 1709, Madarass [Madras]; 11 June 1709, Vizagapatam [Visakhapatnam]; 3 August 1709, Callcutta [Calcutta]; 3 January 1709 [Old Style]/3 January 1710 [New Style], Rogues River; 11 April 1710, Mocha; 13 September 1710, Carrwar [Carwar, Karwar]; 8 December 1710, Cape of Good Hope; 23 July 1711, the Texell [Texel]; 9 August 1711, Deptford.The journal contains daily entries in nine columns: Lattd. [latitude]; [day of the month]; H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Courses; Winds; [date and remarks]; Mer. Dist. Long. [meridional distance longitude]. This information is recorded in less detail following the ship's departure from Mocha. When the ship is at anchor or close to shore, entries consist of remarks only, including marginal notes of cargoes taken aboard and landed.The journal is double-dated where necessary, giving both Old and New Style dates.The journal records: navigational information; weather; contact with other Company, and Her Majesty's ships; details of the ships with which the
Donegalsailed in convoy; sightings of country ships, and other vessels; commodities carried (especially coffee at Mocha); and deaths of crew members.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 107; 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
Defencefrom England to Bombay [Mumbai] and back, November 1738-September 1740 (Captain Thomas Coates). The outward journey included a visit to Mocha, April-July 1739, and the return journey included a visit to St Helena, January-July 1740.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, and general observations.The journal includes the following sketches:‘The Island of Trindada’ [Trindade and Martin Vaz] (f 15)The ‘Ship
Defenceat Anchor in Table Bay’ (f 19)Unlabelled drawings of coastlines, probably including Comoros, Madagascar and Mozambique (f 25)Unlabelled drawings of the coastlines of Somalia and Yemen (ff 31-33)‘The Island Digo Ruis’ [Rodrigues, Mauritius] (f 56).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 88; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.