Indian Antiquary Vol 59

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Charles E A W Oldham, S Krishnaswami Aiyangar, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarka
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ NOVEMBER, 1980
To Mr. Upton for sundry goods bought as pr his Account
19501. -
21003. 1.
600.
540.
To Chitterah for cash borrowed of him .. To freight of 4 chests Wine and 1 chest fruit To China cups &o. To a Gold head cane .. To Deal boards bought of Mr. Beavis for chests for goods To half a horse gave Sir George (Matthews] .. ..
[Notis ON DOCUMENT NO. 5.)
12. 180. 452. 1080.
..
Elizabeth Sheldon. She was the wife of Ralph Sheldon, then chairman of the United Trade Council at Calcutta. He died in April 1709 and in April 1711 his widow married Josial Chitty, 5th of Council and Export Warehousekeeper at Caloutta. (C. R. Wilson, Early Annale of Bengal, Vols. I and II, Pt. 1.)
Mulmulls Santepore. Malmal from Santipur, See p. 54. Caroy. See piscaroy (p. 56). Hamallage. Porterage. See p. 38. Vardar. This word is a puzzle. It apparently means discount, or charges.
(6) Chucklaes. See p. 35.
Brown Gurrahs. Here there is the same redundancy as on p. 57, showing that Europoans failed to oatoh the significance of the term gdrha.
(c) Most of these goods have already been noted. Those mentioned for the first time are :
Tanjebs. Tanzfb, fine muslin.
Gouldar. Gul-dar, flowered cloth. Omerties. The "amberty callicoes" of Messrs. Hughes and Parker (English Factories, 1618-1621, p. 213). See also Travels of Peter Mundy, vol. II, 8.0. Ambati in Index.
Mull: Bahr. Malmal from Bihar (9) Tupes. Tapi. See p. 64. Cossos Glosporee. Khassa (see p. 53) from Chauspar (?)
(d)
Hachee. Hashish, Ar. hashish, dried and powdered hemp leaves for smoking.
Shiross. Sbirds wine. Milburn, Oriental Commerce, I, 141, says that there were two sorte, white and red, the white being "most esteemed."
Mr. Upton. Four individuals of this name are mentioned in the Scattergood PapersCaptain Upton. Ar. (: Alexander) Upton, Richard Upton and William Upton. It is probably the last named who is mentioned here.
Chitterah. Possibly Khatri (a man of the mercantile caste so called): but the word is doubtful.
Mr. Beavis. See p. 50.
Half a horse. Scattergood apparently means that he paid half the cost of a horse presented to Sir George Matthews.
[ADDITIONAL NOTE ON DOCUMENT No. 1 (808 p. 33).) Entry i August 1698. The "Mrs. Mounk" to whom soattergood sent arrack was Frances
Monk who had farmed the wine lioense at Fort St. George, Madras, with Simon Kil. patrick for 200 pagodas in 1698. In 1899 it was let to William Proby for three years at