Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 61
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
[ JANUARY, 1932
Please to give my love to my brother and sisters and tell them that by Mr. Fenwick have sent by (my) sisters each 2 catties of good tea and six fanns, and my brother Jack & gold headed cane.
I am now just upon my departure for Surratt, from whence shall not fail to write you. In the interim, I remain, Honoured Mother, Your most dutifull son,
J.S.
[NOTES ON DOCUMENT NO. 38.) My image. It is unfortunate that no trace of this has been found.
My brother and sisters. Jack, Elizabeth and Ann Trenchfield, children of Scattergood's mother and her second husband Richard Trenchfield. The elder son, Elihu, was still in India at this time.
By Captain Hudson of the Loyal Bliss and his supercargo Edward Fenwick, who sailed to England via Batavia, Scattergood sent “twenty peices of gold" to be forwarded thence to his wife at Surat, and before sailing from Canton, in addition to the letters printed above, he also wrote to the Rev. George Lewis informing him that " we shall goe from this place in company of the Ormond for Moca in two or three days, having completed all our business," and to his relative Thomas Pain giving a good report of his son Tom who " begins to make an excellent tarr."
During this second visit to China, it is likely that Scattergood paid close attention to the Chinese method of assaying gold and the notes given below probably belong to this period.
(392) 4 penny weight in silver is carrot in gold or I carrot in silver is 4 gr. in gold or 1 gr. in gold is 4 penny weight in silver.
To essay, allaways put silver to the gold, except the gold be courser and be allayed with silver, then you must put the lens silver.
[Endorsed] About an Assy of Gold.
(396) To reduce fine gold of 100 Touch. dwt.
03.
Touch Touch 2 of Standard silver to 10 fine gold of 100 will be 99 2 of Standard silver to 10...gold .. 90 will be 98 I of Standard silver to 10.. gold .. 99 will be 971
Vist. 100 04. gold of 99 Touch roduo'd to 87} requires 3 oz. 10 dwt. dollar silver or standard silver.
