MRP: 10th August 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London

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10th August 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London

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29/05/09, CSG: Completed transcription
13/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted trancription to wiki



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Suggested links


See biographical profile Sir George Smith
See Sir George Smith will

See 25th August 1662, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London
See 25th August 1662, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, Letter 2
See 26th March 1663, Letter from George Smith & William Rider, London
See 26th March 1663, Letter from George Smith & William Rider, London, Letter 2
See 19th May 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London
See 10th July 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith, Jonathan Dawes & Daniell Pennington, London
See 10th August 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO
See 19th April 1667, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London


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[f. 110]

Honored (sic) President.

Under y:e present I sent you two Packets of lres by way of Liv:o & Marcellia, Both recommended to Consull Lannoy[1] at Alepo to bee Conveyed to you; in them weare lres from Madam Dalyson[2] & S:r W:m Rider, which I hope will Come safe to yo:r reception; these are in y:e Comp:a Paquet onely to acquaint you y:t y:e 2: small round Boxes from Goa are arrived safe in my Custodye y:e present therein directed to yo:r Sundry freinds[3] are all delivered to them they returne you theire hearty thankes for the same & will signifye theire exceptionall receipt by y:e shipps that goo y:e next yeare in y:e meane tyme give mee leave without flattery to tell you y:t you have a signall way to oblidge all men. The Comp:as Thoughts & opinions of you are Honorable; I dare not doubt of your answerable walkeing w:th them; pray S:r for my satisfaction informe mee whither Rough Amber bee a Comodity or Amber in peeces 9.7.6.5.4.3.2: to all in w:t part of India tis most vendable, & w:t price it bears, w:th all note y:t Comoditie is now Cheap by 1/3: than it was 5: yeares a goo or before; By Gods blessing I intend to send you some for a Tryall y:e next Shipping if it turns to good benefitt, I masters [CSG, 29/05/09: ? Seems to say "masters," but I am not sure I understand the meaning] y:e Comp:a may hereafter reape it, now tis not forbidden; Cap:t Gosnall[4] y:e Discovery is now arrived from y:e Coast,[5] y:e rest of y:e shipps from those parts not heard off pray God send them well; I have not further to enlarge soo take leave & rest

S:r
Yo:r truely affectionate ffre:d
And servant.
Geo: Smith
London 10:th August 1663:

S:r I pray tender my kinde respects to M:r Goodyeare,[6] M:r Aungier,[7] M:r Bendish[8] & many other of my freinds by y:e shipps God willing shall write them fully; The Charles from y:e Coast is alsoe arrived. G.S.


Notes

EEIC 1655-1659


"[November 23, 1659] Benjamin Delanoy, lately appointed Consul at Aleppo, acquaints the Court that intends starting next week for his post, where he hopes to do the Company any service they may command: he is told that his assistance will be required in the conveyance of letters to and from India, for which he will be gratified in the accustomed manner."[9]
  1. ↑ Benjamin Lannoy, English consul at Aleppo. He was appointed as consul in late 1659. On asking a Court of Committees on November 23rd 1659 how he could be of assistance to the English East India Company, he was told "that his assistance will be required in the conveyance of letters to and from India, for which he will be gratified in the accustomed manner" ('A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, November 23, 1659' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 229) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 354)
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Dallison, Sir George Oxenden's elder sister and his London agent
  3. ↑ Elizabeth Dallison referes in a separate letter to her brother, Sir George Oxenden, to distributing gifts to various colleagues and contacts of her brother in London (XXXX
  4. ↑ Captain Gosnall was the commander of the Discovery
  5. ↑ The Coromandel Coast
  6. ↑ John Goodyer
  7. ↑ Gerard Aungier
  8. ↑ Charles Bendish, son of Sir Thomas Bendish, the former English ambassador in Constantinople. Sir Thomas Bendish had been replaced as ambassador by XXXX Winchelsea following the restoration of Charles II
  9. ↑ 'A Court of Committees for the New General Stock, November 23, 1659' (Court Book, vol. xxiv, p. 229) in Ethel Bruce Sainsbury (ed.), A Calendar of the Court Minutes of the East India Company, 1655-1659 (Oxford, 1916), p. 354

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