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Shaftesbury : Journal [‎9r] (23/274)

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The record is made up of 1 file (134 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1750-26 Sep 1752. 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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Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Shaftesbury from England to Bombay and Persia, and back (Captain William Bookey), 12 January 1749 [Old Style]/12 January 1750 [New Style] - 22 September 1752 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left the Downs, 5 April 1750; 12 August 1750, Johanna [Anjouan]; 19 September 1750, Bombay; 3 November 1750, Cinde Road [Scindy Road]; 20 November 1750, Surat; 28 November 1750, Bombay; 20 December 1750, Surat; 26 January 1750 [Old Style]/26 January 1751 [New Style], Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 5 March 1750 [Old Style]/5 March 1751 [New Style], Bombay; 25 September 1751, Surat; 22 November 1751, Bombay; 15 December 1751, Tillicherry [Tellicherry, Thalassery]; 27 January 1751 [Old Style]/27 January 1751 [New Style], Cochin [Kochi]; 4 February 1751 [Old Style]/4 February 1751 [New Style], Anjengo [Anchuthengo]; 22 May 1752, St. Hellena [St Helena]; 13 August 1752, the Downs.

Inscribed: 'This is my Originall Journal, Will Bookey' (folio 1), and 'This is my Originall Journall keept aboard the Shaftesbury, Willm. Bookey' (folio 133).

Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 26th. Septr. [September] 1752.' (folio 1).

The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [miscellaneous]; H [hour]; K [knots]; F [fathoms]; Courses; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor or close to shore, entries consist of date and remarks only.

The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the provisioning, maintenance, and ballasting of the ship; details of the other ships with which the Shaftesbury sailed in convoy; contact with His Majesty's ships; sightings of country ships and other vessels; commodities carried; references to private trade (e.g. folio 68); names of passengers; deaths of crew members; and general remarks.

References to fighting at Surat Castle in September 1751 between the British and the forces of the Scidee [Sidi]: folios 78-80.

The journal is double-dated, where necessary, prior to 25 March 1752, giving both Old and New Style dates.

The record is part of a volume containing two separate log books: Shaftesbury : Journal, 1750-52 (IOR/L/MAR/B/610E), and Shaftesbury : Journal, 1754-55 (IOR/L/MAR/B/610F).

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1 file (134 folios)
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The entries are recorded in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 134; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; 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.

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