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Fort St George : Journal [‎2v] (10/336)

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The record is made up of 1 file (165 folios). It was created in 20 Dec 1743-26 Aug 1746. 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 Fort St George from England to Bombay and back (Captain John Acton), 20 December 1743-25 August 1746 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Gravesend, 18 February 1744; left the Downs, 8 March 1744; left Spithead, 28 May 1744; 25 September 1744, Cape of Good Hope; 16 January 1745, Anjengo; 23 January 1745, Cochin [Kochi]; 25 March 1745, Gombroon [Bandar Abbas]; 11 May 1745, Bombay; 23 October 1745, Goa; 6 November 1745, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 30 November 1745, Cochin; 4 December 1745, Anjengo; 23 February 1746, Cape of Good Hope; 10 June 1746, Gallway [Galway]; 26 July 1746, the Downs.

Inscribed: 'This is My Original Journall, 25. Aug. 1746. John Acton' (folio 3).

Marked: 'Recd. [Received] 26th. Augt. [August] 1746' (folio 3).

The following note has also been added at a later date on folio 1: 'The Fort St. George I believe'.

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

The journal records: navigational information; weather; the maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship; transport of Company soldiers; details of the other ships with which the Fort St George sailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of other vessels; deaths of crew members; commodities carried (especially wool from Bandar Abbas, and pepper); and general remarks.

The record is part of a volume containing five separate log books and other records: Fort St George : Journal, John Acton, Captain, 1740-42 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632A); Fort St George : Journal, 1743-46 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632B); Fort St George : Journal, Robert Brown, Chief Mate The sailor subordinate to the Captain. , 1747-48 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632C); Fort St George : Imprest Book, c. 1702 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632D); and Fort St George : Receipt Book, c. 1722 (IOR/L/MAR/B/632E).

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1 file (165 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 165; 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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