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In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-02-15
ADM/A/1839/157
Document signed by William Bridgeman, circa 1646-1699, English civil servant and Secretary to the Admiralty between 1694 and 1698 (Manuscript)
1697-05-02
ADM/A/1842/13
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-06-14
ADM/A/1843/114
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-02-13
ADM/A/1839/361
Merchant Shipping: Logs - East India Company. (Manuscript)
LOG/C
Barlow describes the local prices, commodities and trading arrangements. He entertains the captain of one of the Mogul's great ships on board, and later dines with a Moorish merchant on shore. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/275
Chatham Dockyard (Manuscript)
1669-1900
CHA
'An Exact Plan of Greenwich Park describing all things thereunto belonging and adjacent; Viz: the Queen's House there, Keepers' Lodges, Plantations, etc.' (Manuscript)
circa 1700
CMP/30
Ogle family papers (Manuscript)
1681 - 1858
OGL
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-04-22
ADM/A/1841/235
The SEPTER arrives at Anienga, where the East India Company have a factory and fort. The chief commodity is pepper, and children can also be bought. The captain buys a boy for 25 shillings. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/271
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-01-17
ADM/A/1838/200
Miscellaneous letters and orders received by the Navy Board, 1693-1694 (Manuscript)
1693 - 1694
SER/100
At Mangalore they buy bales of rice, and at Goa hogsheads of rack. At Karwar a crewman deserts and boards a ship bound for home. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/272
The captain of the SEPTER, George Phenney, dies on board and is buried at sea. Barlow assumes command of the ship and they reach Mocha, where he is treated with honour by the governor. He hires a house. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/274
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-01-19
ADM/A/1838/191
In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board (Manuscript)
1697-01-02
ADM/A/1838/9
letters and orders received by Admiral Holburne between March 1755 and October 1766 and Holburne's letterbooks, 1759 to 1764. There is also an Admiralty Warrant to him of 1765, presented separately. (Manuscript)
1704-1771-12-31
RUSI/NM/90&91&105B&105C
Recto: An eyewitness describes a suttee ceremony to Barlow. Captain Kidd is active and causing trouble in the area. Barlow meets the Prince of Thalaserry. At Goa they buy rack and one seaman drowns after drinking too much of it. Verso: (Manuscript)
1697-1698
JOD/4/277-278
Barlow criticises the navigation of the commanders, as a result of which many men on board the SEPTER die of scurvy or thirst before land is reached. They proceed to Table Bay and then Point Degale. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/270
The dishonest Company president blames Barlow unjustly for taking too long to load cargo. Sailing for home, the SEPTER hears news of peace made with France and how the French captured the Company's new ship the BEDFORD, a loss which Barlow attributes to traitors. (Manuscript)
1659-1703
JOD/4/278
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript)
1875
RSS/CL/1875/1697
Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official Logs (Manuscript)
1885
RSS/CL/1885/2034
Recto: The SEPTER arrives at Anienga, where the East India Company have a factory and fort. The chief commodity is pepper, and children can also be bought. The captain buys a boy for 25 shillings. Verso: At Mangalore they buy bales of rice, and at Goa hogsheads of rack. At Karwar a crewman deserts and boards a ship bound for home. (Manuscript)
1697
JOD/4/271-272
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