Indian Antiquary Vol 61

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

Page 319

SEPTEMBER, 1932] THE SCATTERGOODS AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
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[Fort St. George, 28 June 1715.] Messrs. Ogmond Bavuoir [Beauvoir) and Revd. James Wondey. Gentlemen,
This serves only to advise you that I have sent by Captain Richard Grainger() three bulses of diamonds........value(d) at 1870 Pagodas. Their invoice and bill of lading is inclosed. I hope to see you in a month or two after this ships arrivall in England, designing to come on the Kent, Captain Minter, so shall not enlarge : only desire you to speake to Cap. tain Litton() about my ophium that I sent with him. The story is this.
I sent with Captain Litton 8 chests of ophium which he was to sell for the moste he could, and after deducting 8 per cent freight and comision he obliged himselfe to take it at respondentia at 35 per cent, recknowing (sic) a Dutch doller at 4 shillings, but instead of that, he buys gold with the produce of my ophium at a high rate and leaves it at Mallacca, by which I have lost about 300 dollers. I have sent you home his obligation for that business, which pray demand of him. He served Mr. William Phipps the same. I would beg you to talk with his father about it, and what he does in reason I would beg you to doe the same.
I will not trouble you more but remain Your most obliged humble servant
J. SCATTERGOOD. Fort St. George June the 28th 1715.
[NOTIS ON DOCUMENT No. 89.) (4) Captain Richard Grainger, commander of the Company's ship Cardigan, which sailed for England on 17 July 1716.
(*) Captain George Lytton of the Separate Stock ship Mercury. Soo Document No. 47 note (6) and (14) of Document No. 49.
By September 1716 Scattergood had made all arrangements for his departure from Madras with his wife and two daughters.
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[12 September 1715)
Dr.
Mr. John Scattergood
Pags. fa. ca.
To Permission of Passage for himself, his wife and two daughters Arrabella
and Carolina Scattergood, on ship Kent(1) for Great Britain at 26 pag. per head
.. .. To fees at 1 pagd. per head
104.
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-.
Pags.
108. -
Fort St. George
12 September 1715.
N. TURNER, Seory.
[NOTE ON DOCUMENT No. 60.) (1) The Kent, a Company's ship, commanded by Captain Lawrence Minter, had arrived at Fort St. George from England on 7 April 1715 (Fort St. George Diary).
On 13 September the passage money was paid,