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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MARCH, 1932)
THE SCATTERCOODS AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
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(5) Edmund (not Edward) Mountague, who had served the Company for some years in Madras and Fort St. David, sailed to England in the London on 18 September 1713 (Fort St. George Diary).
(6) William Proby, late Chief of Surat Factory.
(1) John (Joam) Gomes Febos, a Portuguese merchant trading at Surat and Bombay, with whom Scattergood had business relations up to 1717.
(8) Captain Jonathan Collett, commanded the Company's ship Grantham which reached Fort St. George from Bombay 8 May 1714 (Fort St. George Diary).
(9) Captain Abraham Parrot commanded the Company's ship Blenheim which sailed to Bombay and Surat in 1712 (Marine Records, Logs, Vol. 697C).
(10) John Hill, a Bombay merchant, member of Council, and a personal friend of Scattergood who styles him in one of his letters "Emperor " Hill.
(11) William Cole, also a member of the Bombay Council and a crony of Scattergood who writes of him as "King Cole."
On 30 April 1714 Scattergood and his co-supercargo, George Wyche, received the following letter from the Bombay shareholders in the voyage of the Amity and Duke of Cambridge.
30 April 1714. To Messrs. John Scattergood and George Wyche Gentlemen
Having subscribed to the stock and block of ship Amity to the amount of rups. 680699 for our proportion towards a voyage to Canton [in] China, the rest of the stock to be made up by the gentlemen of Madrass, we committ our subscription and entire management of the voyage to your cares and judgment, no ways douting but in all conjunctures you will follow what in probability ought to turn to our greatest profit and advantage.
The farther to induce your dilligence in this affair we allow five per cent drawn out of the produce of our stock in China to be devided in manner following, vizt. three per cont to Mr. John Scattergood and two to Mr. George Wyche, the same we are allsoe willing and [sic ? in) the same manner to be devided on your sale at Surrat, assuring our selves whylst your own interest is so strongly link'd with ours you will persue itt as far as itt will goe. We are your freinds.
WILL.M. AISLABIE. BEŁND. WYCHE. WILLM. Phipps.
JNO. HILL FOR ROBERT ADAM, Bombay Aprill the 30 1714.
The Amity, with Scattergood on board, arrived at Fort St. George on 19 May 1714, and she same day the Somers under Captain ustace Peacock also arrived from Bombay (Fort St. George Diary). The next three weeks must have been a time of feverish activity and Scattergood's wife and children could have had little of his society before he sailed again on 10 June. Copies of ten letters written by him during this short period and numerous accounts are extant. Of these it is only possible to print sufficient to show his inexhaustible business activity and the extent of his investments. The supercargo of the Duke of Cambridge had even less time at Madras, for that ship arrived from Surat under Captain Arlond on 22 May and sailed for Amoy on 3 June 1714.
