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SEPTEMBER, 1908.]
SOME ANGLO-INDIAN WORTHIES.
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Salisbury's answer to the letter from Masalipatan of the 38th Nov. is dated four days later.
"Mr. Richard Mohun sca. Councell, I have received yours of the 28th ultimo with two hundred Pagos. which you desire to have speedely returned in Packing Trade for Supply of your present occations, therefore, in Conformity to your order, upon reception, Sent one handred and fifty Pagos, with strict charge to hasten all that possibly may bee and to take speciall Care to buy as good and cheape as any Merchants don. I have enordered one hundred Pagos. for Dungarees and suppose their will bee per Pa. 6 Peices of them of 12 Co, if not more, it being the onely place for that sort of Cloth in the Country that I know, as alsoe for Cotton, of which have enordered 5 Candy which price cannot certainely advize you, but assure you as much as cann bee boughte, doubt not in both you will find & Considerable difference betwixt that price and Metchlepatam it being much cheaper then in that place. The remaining fourty Pagos, have this morning delivered in parte for Gunnyes, Ropes and Twine, haveing contracted for 200 Pa. and promised one hundred and fivety Pa. Speedely, therefore desire the favour of you to remitt the Sayd Vallue that I may Comply, and what of that above Sorts now in a readyness shall Speedely bee sent you, the remainder Soe soone as finished. The Gunghams, bad not the Wethere prevented, would now have been neare finished. Here hath been noe cleare Wether this 12 dayes and more, but now hope it will not bee wanting, and that they will bee donn by the tyme lymmitted or in two or • three dayes after, for I doe hasten them all that may bee, and shall endeavour in all the above expressed the Honble. Companyes advantage and your good likeing. With kind respects subscribed, Your assured Freind, AMBROSE SALUSBURY,83
Pettepolee, 2nd Dec. 1670."
On the 5th December 1670, it is recorded in the Magulipatam Consultations that " New Pagos, 88" were to be sent to "Mr Ambrose Salusbary stt Pettipolee in order to the dying of 50 Ps. Ghinghams into red... he being a person experience in those parts and the Honble. Company having no servant there at present nor any here that can be spared from hence to assist therein.* . On the 8th December "150 New Pagos, more " were sent to Ambrose Salisbury apon his "advice that he was at work to make provision of Dungarees, Gunnys &ca."*
The letters containing these remittances must have also contained orders for Salisbury to repair to Masulipatam. In reply, he wrote:
"Mr. Richard Mohun gos. Councell, By your Servant have received yours of the 8th with one hundred and fivety Pagos., which shall lay out according to your Order in your formers, and at my comeing give you account of all received for Account of the Honble. Company. The Ginghams might now have been finished, had not the Weather prevented, here having been noe fitting Weather for this purpose, for this Close Clowdy Weather the Chay cannot speedely bee dryed and prepared. All baste possible is made with them, and they will very speedely bee donn. The Dungarees and Cotton have send again to hasten, and may now dayly expect them. I shall now hasteh what Ginghams etca. in a readyness, and shall set forward towards you soe soe soone as the Ginghams donn and that the Dungarees Arrive. [1] Take Notis of the Companys order to Accompany you to Fort St George 87 which shall readely Obay, with kind respects, conclude, Your assured friend and Servant, AM BROBE SALUBBURY.88
Pettepolee, the 11th December 1670."
# Factory Records, Marulipatam, Vol. 9.
* Factory Records, Manulipatam, Vol. 1. * Factory Records, Manulipatam, Vol. 1.
* Indian Madder : the root of the Indian plant, oldenlandia umbellata, need to give a deep red dye to Indian ootto13. See ante, Vol. XXX., p. 399 f. 7 See anto, order of 30th Sept. 1669.
* Factory Records, Manligatam, Vol. 9.
