Indian Antiquary Vol 60

SR No.: 032552
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 394
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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NOVEMBER, 1981) THE SCATTERGOODS AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
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[30 (a)] To the Honble. William Aislabie Esqr. Generall for affairs of the Right Honble. English East Indie Companey on the Coast of India &c. and Govr. of Bombay. HONBLE.,
I did myself the honour to write to you from Callicutt by Mr. Bennett, to return your Honour my hearty thanks for all favours received at Bombay. This comes by Mr. Trenchfeild who is my brother by my mother. He is supercargoe with Captain Cradock and designes to touch at your port in his way to Surratt. I beg the favour of your Honour to let him enjoy your Honours favour and good will, and to give him a letter to Rusta to Surratt which may do him and his Owners some service.
We are now just upon our departure from this place, have compleated our stock here to an 10000 Rups., shall not trouble your Honour with Europe news &c., knowing Mr. Phipps has wrote very largely. Captain Collett I hear has made up his stock in Bombay rupees. I paid him 5000 Surratt rupees, so must beg you, when he comes, to adjust that matter; either he must be concerned in our stock 200 rupees less or I 200 more in his, being the difference of 4 per cent on 5000 rupees betwixt Surratt and Bombay.
My wife gives her service to your Honour and thanks you for her kind present. She designes to write you by my brother. .
I remain your Honours most oblidged and most obedient humble servant Madrass the 14th May 1713.
(Unsigned.] [30 (6)]
Fort St. George
May 16th 1713. CAPTAIN PEACOCK, SIB,
I am heartily sorry I could not have the happiness of seeing you here, but hope however of meeting you on the Mallabarr Coast.
I have delivered your bag of correll beads to the Governor and he has paid me the 4160 rupees. I am afraid that your wine and horses will not return to so good a markett as expected; but however, you must look about and use your endeaver to help the markett by selling little at a time. Hing and ruinase bears a great price, as you may informe yourgolf from the black merchants, but must not declare how much you have. I beleive a private contract will do well for those commodities or an outcry for the others. If you carried a little wine down with you to Bengall, it would not be a mies.
Mr. Russell I hear is dead or adyeing, so that when you come down to Bengall, you must look who has the greatest interest to get you a freight, and with him or them, and if some presents will be exceptable you must give it on the owners ac. unte, for freight, you know, will be the life of our voyages, and there will be great strugling for it. I hope you will excuse this trouble as comeing from, Sir,
Your most obedient Sumbel servant
J. S. [NOTES ON DOCUMENT NO. 30]
William Aislabie (see p. 80), who married Elizabeth daughter of John and Carolina Burniston and sister of Arabella wife of John Scattergood, entered the Company's service in 1692 ad was appointed “ Generall " of Bombay in 1708, a post which he held until 1715 when he returned to England. His wife died in 1705.
Mr. Bennett. Probably Alexander Bennett (see p. 89), a shareholder in the St. Andrew, who was appointed a supernumerary searcher at the Sea Gate at Fort St. George in April 1713 (Cons. of 2 April).