'Ship Mountague'

Title:

'Ship Mountague'

Date:

1694/1707

Description:

Ledger of the Montagu(Captain John Caulier), to accompany her voyage to Surrat [Surat], 1699-1702. The ship called at Gombroon [Bandar Abbas] in November 1700.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, giving 'quality' [rank or occupation], and account of the two months' imprest paid [advance of wages] on folios 10-11.There are lists of personal goods on folio 53 (dated 15 June 1700), and folios 63-64 (including the effects of Henry Cook, died 30 November 1699).1 volume (94 folios)There is an alphabetical index of names on folios 4-10, which refers to the accounts of individual crewmembers within the volume, in accordance with the original foliation.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 75-94, which have not been digitised.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Accounts ledgers
Wages

Extent:

1 volume (94 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0003ca_ar
81055/vdc_100000001273.0x0003ca_en
IOR/L/MAR/A/CXXV

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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