| Description | Account book (Journal E) of the dealings by Sir William des Bouverie (1656-1717) in the Levant Company, listing trades done on behalf of clients or on own behalf, mainly in the Mediterranean but increasingly to India. The accounts also include brokerage and the purchase and disposal of stock in other companies, e.g. the East India Company, as well as commodities such as coffee, pepper and olibanum (frankincense) at the latter's September sales. Each page headed 'Laus Deo' ('praise be to God'). Payment to Jo Holmes for making a map of two farms in Essex, 29 Jul 1697. |