'Ship Discovery'

IOR/L/MAR/A/CL(a)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (51 folios). It was created in c 1700-c 1702. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Ledger of the Discovery (Captain John Evans), to accompany her voyage from England to Mocha and back, 1700-02.

The ledger contains the accounts of pay and other financial records of each of the ship's crewmembers.

There is a list of the ship's crew on folio 10.

Extent and format
1 volume (51 folios)
Arrangement

There is an alphabetical index of names on folios 4-9, which refers to the accounts of individual crewmembers within the volume, in accordance with the original foliation.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 41; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 42-51, which have not been digitised.

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English in Latin script
Type
Archival file

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Original held at
British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/L/MAR/A/CL(a)

History of this record

Date(s)
c 1700-c 1702 (CE, Gregorian)
Subjects
Accounts ledgersWages
People & organisations
Discovery

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