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1. Jonasand Lion: Journal on Jonasand Lion, Richard Swanley
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- Abstract: This volume consists of a journal kept by Richard Swanley of journeys on board the East India Company ships the Jonasand the Lyon[ Lion].The journal contains the following:Daily entries (although there are not entries for every day) mainly recording winds and the weather, and the course and progress of the shipMonthly tables recording the following: day of the month, course, leagues, winds, latitude, longitude, East or West, variation, and Easterly or Westerly (although again there are not entries for every day of the month, and there are not entries for every month).The volume includes Swanley’s journal for a journey from Tilbury to Surratt [Surat] (folios 6 to 24), with Swanley initially serving as Master’s Mate in the Jonas, commanded by Captain John Weddell. The Jonasset sail from Tilbury on 17 March 1620 [New Style date 1621], with the Whaleand the Dolphin, and was later joined by the Lyon[ Lion]. Swanley records events including the ship anchoring at St Augustine’s Bay on 23 July 1621, and Swally [Suvali, near the city of Surat] on 26 September 1621, after which the ship anchored at Jasquis [Jask] on 14 November 1621, and Kishme [Qishm] on 23 January 1621 [1622]. The entries in this part of the journal are dated 19 March 1620 [1621] to 27 December 1622.This is followed by Swanley recording that they set sail from Qishm on 4 February 1621 [1622], and that on 7 February 1621 [1622], Swanley joined the Lionat Combrom [Bandar Abbas, also spelled Combroom in this volume], bound for Surat, with the Roseand the Richard, anchoring near the Bar of Surat on 27 February 1621 [1622] (folios 25 to 26). The entries in this part of the journal are dated 4 February 1621 [1622] to 27 February 1621 [1622].Following this, Swanley records the journey from the Port of Swaley [Suvali, near Surat city, also spelled Swalley in this volume] to the Red Sea in the Lion, accompanied by the Roseand the Richard, with five merchants, and back again to Suvali (folios 27 to 36). Swanley records events including leaving the Port of Suvali on 24 March 1621 [1622], Socratore [Socotra] being seen on 2 May 1622, land on the Coast of Arabia being seen on 22 May 1622, and the ship anchoring at Mocha on 9 June 1622. The entries in this part of the journal are dated 14 March 1621 [1622] to 27 December 1622.Swanley then records his journey from Surat to England in the Jonas, with the Londonand Lion(folios 38 to 53). He records setting sail from the Port of Suvali on 18 December 1622, and other events such as the Comoro Islands being seen on 31 January 1622 [1623], and the ship anchoring at St Helena on 8 April 1623. The entries in this part of the journal are dated 18 December 1622 to 22 July 1623.The volume includes some annotations in pencil from a later date.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 56; 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 4-53; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
2. ‘File No XXVIII/12 Khasab Visit of H.M.S. “Ormonde and Bombardment from 20-12-29 to 28-5-30.’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and reports between the Political Agency, Muscat, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the naval officers on board HMS Ormondeand HMS Lupin. The correspondence is concerned with the ship HMS Ormondeleaving Aden to carry out surveys in the Gulf and the question of whether a survey would be permitted to take place in Oman or not. While the Council of Ministers to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman granted permission for a survey to take place, further permissions were required from the shaikhs of Khassab, Bukha, Diba and Kumzar, which are parts of the region of Musandam in Oman. Some tribes from the region, the Shihuh in particular, opposed the landing of the navy ship in their territories. The Political Resident warned that the landing of any British personnel in Shihuh region would be attended by grave risk in the future.To subdue the shaikhs of Khassab, the Political Resident recommended to the Government of India that the Naval Ship HMS Lupin, should be authorised to carry out a bombardment of parts of Khassab and, in the event of the shaikhs’ withdrawal to the mountains, this should be followed by a blockade of the Khassab area. British officials were also concerned with the necessity of reaching agreements with the Trucial Shaikhs and with those of the region of Musandam. The file also includes correspondence with the Council of Ministers at Muscat regarding the imprisonment of the Shaikh of Khassab, Hasan bin Muhammad.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 161; 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 3-160; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
3. 'Journal of Ship Princess Louisa Bound to Mocha Anno Domini 1733'
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- Abstract: This volume consists of a journal recording the voyage of the East India Company ship Princess Louisa, from England to Mocha and Bombay, and back to England. The entries are dated 29 August 1733 to 26 April 1735. The Captain of the ship was Richard Pinnell.The entries start from 29 August 1733 when the ship was at Deptford, after which it anchored at Gravesend on 24 September 1733, and in the Downs on 31 October 1733. The journal also records the ship anchoring at the following places: Table Bay (16 February to 7 March 1733/34); Mocha (9 May to 23 July 1734); Bombay (9 August to 12 September 1734); Cochin (22 to 25 September 1734); Table Bay and Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope] (11 to 26 December 1734); St Helena (12 to 29 January 1734/35); and the Downs (14 April 1735). (Both Old Style and New Style dates are given.)Entries for when the ship was at sail (from 5 November 1733, when the ship was in the Downs Channel, onwards) consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), the course of the ship, wind direction, weather, and observations and transactions. The observations and transactions mostly consist of the following: wind and other weather conditions; sightings of, and encounters with, other ships; sightings of land; the course of the ship; and birds and fish observed and caught.Entries for when the ship was in port mainly record: wind and other weather conditions; actions performed by the crew; the arrival of other ships; and cargo being unloaded from, and loaded onto, the ship (including chests of treasure, and iron and steel being unloaded from the ship, and bales of coffee being received on the ship, when the ship was at Mocha).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 133; 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 113-132, which have not been digitised.
4. ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p Nath. Tanner’
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- 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.
5. ‘A Journal of a Voyage to the East Indies in the Ship London William Sedgwick Commander. From England, Consigned to Fort St. David Madrass and Bengal. Richd Allwright’
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- 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.
6. 'A Journal of a Voyage Intended by Gods Permission From Gomaroone in Persia To the River of Thames in Great Brittaine in the Good Ship Bouverie.'
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Bouveriefrom Gomaroone [Gombroon, Bandar Abbas] towards Great Britain (Captain Thomas Wotton), 29 June 1719-16 August 1720 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Bandar Abbas, 29 June 1719; 16 August 1719, Madarass [Madras]; 25 September 1719, Ballasore [Balasore]; 14 October 1719, Fort William [Calcutta]; 24 December 1719, Coxes [Cox's Bazar]; 11 May 1720, St Hellena [St Helena].Inscribed: 'This is my Origional [original] Journall, Thos. Wotton' (folio 1).Marked: 'Recd. 7ber y. 29th. 1720 [Received, 29 September 1720]' (folio 1).The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [navigational information (latitude by account and observation, meridional distance from a fixed point, difference of longitude, and variation)]; H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor, entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; the maintenance of the ship; details of the other ships with which the Bouveriesailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; commodities carried; sightings of sea birds and marine animals; and general remarks.A report of news from the British Isles: folio 73.The journal is double-dated where necessary, giving both Old and New Style dates.The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books: Bouverie: Journal, Chief Mate Thomas Meacham, 1713-16 (IOR/L/MAR/B/692B), and 'A Journal of a Voyage Intended by Gods Permission From Gomaroone in Persia To the River of Thames in Great Brittaine in the Good Ship Bouverie.', 1719-20 (IOR/L/MAR/B/692C).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 80; 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.
7. Europa: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Europafrom England to Bombay, and back (Captain William Applegath), 28 February 1782-6 August 1785 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Motherbank [off Portsmouth], 11 September 1782; 26 November 1782, Bay of All Saints; 16 April 1783, Madrass [Madras]; 21 October 1783, Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 12 November 1783, Bombay; 11 March 1784, Muscat; 5 April 1784, Bushier [Bushire]; 29 May 1784, Bussora [Basra]; 17 July 1784, Bushire; 30 August 1784, Muscat; 12 September 1784, Bombay; 7 April 1785, St Helena; 2 May 1785, Ascention [Ascension Island]; 7 July 1785, the Downs.The journal was compiled by Charles Gardyne [Chief Mate].Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, Chas. Gardyne' (folio 2), and 'This is the continuation of my original Journal, Chas. Gardyne' (folio 189).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 13 July 1785 (folio 2, referring to folios 3-187, entries for 28 February 1782-10 July 1785), and 'Recd. 8th. Augt. 1785' (folio 188, referring to folios 188-189, entries for 11 July-6 August 1785).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour], Courses, K [knots], F [fathoms], Winds etc., and [date and remarks], and periodic navigational readings at the foot of the columns. When the ship is at anchor, or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, ballasting, and maintenance of the ship; details of other British ships with which the Europasailed in convoy; contact with other Company, and His Majesty's ships; the transport of Hanoverian troops; references to private trade; deaths of crew members; deaths, and the outbreak of scurvy amongst the soldiers (folio 61); and commodities carried (e.g. saltpetre and pepper from Bombay).Report of the death of Captain Applegath, and the appointment of Gardyne as his successor: folio 169.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: Europa: Journal, William Applegath, Captain, 1776-78 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425D); Europa: Journal, 1782-85 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425E); and Europa: Journal, Augustus Joseph Applegath, Captain, 1785-87 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425F).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 193; 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.
8. Europa: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Europafrom England to Bombay and Mocha, and back (Captain Henry Hinde Pelly), 24 December 1772- 2 June 1775 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Portsmouth, 23 March 1773; 13 April 1773, St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 21 July 1773, Joanna [Anjouan]; 21 August 1773, Bombay; 10 November 1773, Callicut [Calicut]; 14 November 1773, Cocheen [Cochin, Kochi]; 18 November 1773, Calicut; 29 November 1773, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 7 December 1773, Mangalore; 14 December 1773, Onore; 3 January 1774, Bombay; 5 February 1774, Surat; 26 April 1774, Mocha; 10 September 1774, Bombay; 29 January 1775, St Helena; 1 May 1775, [the Downs].Inscribed: 'This my [sic] original Journal p[er] my own hand Writing, H H Pelly' (folio 1), and 'This is a Continuation of my Journal, H. H. Pelly' (folio 126).Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 11 May 1775' (folio 1, referring to folios 2-124, entries for 24 December 1772-9 May 1775), and 'Recd. 7th June 1775.' (folio 125, referring to folios 125-126, entries for 7 May-2 June 1775).The journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [hour], Courses, K [knots], F [fathoms], Winds etc., and [date and remarks], and navigational readings at the foot of each set of columns. When the ship is at anchor, entries consist of date and remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; contact with other British ships; the provisioning, maintenance, and ballasting of the ship; and details of cargoes carried, especially coffee from Mocha.The journal also includes a list of the Europa'sofficers and seamen, 1773, giving [number], names, quality [rank or occupation], and note of date died, run [absconded from the ship], etc., where applicable.The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: Europa: Journal, Henry Hinde Pelly, Captain, 1766-68 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425A); Europa: Journal, Henry Hinde Pelly, Captain, 1769-71 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425B); and Europa: Journal, 1772-75 (IOR/L/MAR/B/425C).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.
9. Affairs in India and Elsewhere
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay's Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 8 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 2 November 1840 to 1 February 1841.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence sent and received by the Government of Bombay, and copies of other papers such as minutes, memoranda and resolutions.The main correspondents are as follows: the Government of Bombay's Military Board; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Political Agent in Lower Scinde; and the Quarter Master General of the Bombay Army. Other correspondents include the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul], and the Political Agent in Upper Scinde.Many of the enclosures relate to military affairs in Scinde [Sindh, also spelled Sinde in the volume] and elsewhere in India.It also includes enclosures relating to the following:Rules established by the Rao of Cutch, stating that among those vessels trading between Sinde and Bombay, those which were driven into Mandavie [Mandvi] by adverse weather conditions were exempt from the payment of the duties previously exacted at that Port (enclosures relating to this include a Supplementto the Bombay Government Gazette, which contains a notification on this subject by the Government of Bombay's Political Department, which is printed in English, Persian, Gujarati, and Marathi)Ordnance and ammunition ordered for the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul]A carriage intended as a present from Queen Victoria to the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatAga Khan, Governor of Kerman, requesting the Government of Bombay to aid his agent in the collection of contributions from members of his tribe living in Bombay.In addition, this part includes:Three newsletters from the Secretary to the Government of India, containing précis of the latest intelligence received by the Governor General of India, from places including: Peshawur [Peshawar], Upper and Lower Scinde [Sindh], Afghanistan, Khiva, Burma, Nepal, China, Persia [Iran], and Bagdad [Baghdad]A sketch map of the route from Deesa to Lheree via Nuggur, Purkur, Wanga Bazaur, Roree and Shickarpoor [Shikarpur] by Lieutenant J Jacob of the Bombay Artillery (folio 468).Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-89, on folios 383-402. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure. Enclosures no. 80-82 listed in the abstract of contents are not included in the volume.
10. Prince Henry: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Prince Henryfrom England to Persia [Iran] and Bombay, and back (Captain Thomas Best), 20 November 1750-9 December 1752 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Portsmouth, 20 March 1751; 16 July 1751, Joanna [Anjouan]; 22 August 1751, Gombaroon [Bandar Abbas]; 27 September 1751, Bombay; 29 February 1752, Carwar [Karwar]; 9 March 1752, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 27 April 1752, Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 7 August 1752, St Helena; 30 October 1752, the Downs.Note that the date 30 October 1752 above (the date given in the record) is Old Style.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, Thos. Best' (folio 2).Marked 'Recd. [Received] 13th. Decr. [December] 1752'.The dates in the journal change to New Style on 20 November 1752.The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [Date and Remarks], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, Winds and Weather, and Transactions. When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; contact with British ships; sightings of other vessels; punishments inflicted on crew members and soldiers; the cleaning and maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship, deaths at sea; commodities carried, the firing of gun salutes at Bombay on the occasion of the birthday of King George III (folio 59); transmission of correspondence; and general remarks.The journal also includes: a list of the names of the crew members of the Prince Henry, 1750, giving number, names, quality [rank or occupation], whether they had been discharged or had run [deserted], whether they had died, and when and where [relating to the two previous columns] (folios 3-4); and a list of soldiers and galley men in the service of the East India Company (passengers), giving number, names, and quality, and stating whether they had been discharged, had run [deserted], had died, etc., with dates (folios 5-6).The record is part of a volume containing three separate log books: Prince Henry: Journal, 1750-52 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325A); Prince Henry: Journal 1754-55 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325B); and Prince Henry: Journal, Benjamin Reynolds, Chief Mate, 1756-58 (IOR/L/MAR/B/325C).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 128; 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.
11. Greenwich: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Greenwichfrom England to Bombay, and back (Captain Richard Kyrby [Kirby], later John Barnes, formerly Chief Mate), 1719-22 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Spithead, 1 April 1720; 29 April 1720, St. Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde]; 26 July 1720, Joanna [Anjouan]; 3 September 1720, Bombay; 10 October 1720, Surratt [Surat]; 12 November 1720, Bombay; 21 December 1720, Carrwarr [Karwar]; 31 January 1721, Callicutt [Calicut]; 26 February 1721, Karwar; 17 March 1721, Bombay; 31 May 1721, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 21 October 1721, Bombay; 1 December 1721, Chowl [Chaul]; 6 December 1721, Bombay; 27 January 1722, Cochin; 2 April 1722, Cape Boon Esperance [Cape of Good Hope]; 5 May 1722, St. Helena.The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], [Remarks], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Course, and Winds. When the ship is at anchor, or near coast, the entries consist of remarks only.The journal records: navigational information; weather; details of the English and country ships with which the Greenwichsailed in convoy; contact with other Company, and His Majesty's ships; sightings of other vessels; deaths on board ship; desertions from the ship; the provisioning of the ship; commodities carried; and general remarks.The journal also records an attack by pirates at Anjouan on 8 August 1720 (folio 31), and the report of the death from fever of Captain Kirby at Bandar Abbas, 29 August 1721 (folio 70).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 129; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
12. Glatton: Journal, Charles Drummond, Captain
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- 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.
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