| Description | 1. 15 Apr 1714 Copy of three letters from Henry Davenport at the Cape of Good Hope to Governor Harrison, Bernard Benyon and Samuel Feake, concerning East India Company and trade. The gold thread will be no great bargain. Arranging stitched bed for Feake. Ship Marlborough arrived safe to Cape.
2. Bundle of 1714/1715 business letters:
a. 14 Jul 1714 Letter from John Maubert to Henry Davenport seeking advice in trading and news of acquaintances in India. Diamonds are growing dearer and scarcer, making him wish for home.
b. 18 Jan 1714 Instructions from Henry Davenport to Bernard Benyon (that he chose as one of his attorneys in India to receive a considerable part of his estate he is obliged to leave behind) as Henry is leaving India. Asking to pay Mrs Berriman twenty pagodas on behalf of his wife.
c. 18 Jan 1714 Instructions from Governor Edward Harrison to Henry Davenport to be carried out on his behalf. Wishes him a safe voyage. He delivers him the correspondence between Mr Raworth and that "vile rogue Serrapa" and the extracts of the Fort St David Consultation Regis ad Exemplum. He also wrote to Governor Pitt about Mr Hasting's debt.
d. 4 Feb 1715 Abstract of a letter from John Maubert (factor and assay master of the mint in the company's service at Fort St George) to Henry Davenport requesting to be made a member of the board of the East India Company. He has been a free merchant for six years there.
e. 1714 Copy of Henry Davenport's current account.
f. 27 Sep 1714-9 Feb 1715 Abstract from the diary of Fort St George which includes reports of deaths, ship movements, business dealings and local politics.
3. Bundle of 1715/1716 business letters:
a. 2 Dec 1715 Duplicate letter from Mr Trenchfield in Calcutta concerning trade and family news. Voyages to China, Batavia and Manila are at an end. He despairs as Davenport advised him to be worth a fortune before coming to England.
b. 11 Sep 1715 Letter from Francis Hastings to Henry Davenport thanking him for his patronage.
c. 17 Sep 1715 Letter from John Ouldham to Henry Davenport requesting Henry, as a trustee, to settle an account owed to him by the late Robert Heriot.
d. 22 Jan 1715 Letter from Samuel Feake to Henry Davenport concerning business and accounts.
e. 19 Jun 1715 Letter from Mr Trenchfield to Henry Davenport concerning news of acquaintances in India. He is departing for Bengall. Captain Grainger lost his passage. Death of Benyon.
f. Henry Davenport's current accounts (2).
g. 26 Aug 1715 Letter from Captain James Berriman to Henry Davenport thanking Henry for his patronage.
h. 17 Jan 1715 Letter from Mr Colt to Henry Davenport thanking Henry for his help.
i. 14 Jul 1715 Letter from Richard Horden to Henry Davenport offering his good services.
j. 12 Aug 1714 Letter from John Starke in Mocha to Henry Davenport concerning difficulties in trading.
k. 10 Feb 1715 Letter from Elisha Ellill with news of his departure from Fort St David to Fort St George.
4. Bundle of 1716 letters:
a. 18 Jan 1716 Copy letter from Henry Davenport to the directors of the East India Company asking for John Maubert to be made a member of the council at Fort St George.
b. 14 Apr 1716 Letter from Thomas Furbar to Henry Davenport confirming he has sent a receipt for the rent paid and asking for tax bill. He continues with resolution of selling the house.
c. 8 Dec 1716 Letter from Thomas Furbar to Henry Davenport disputing the existence of a mortgage and some rent due.
d. 3 Nov 1716 Letter from Thomas Pitt to Henry Davenport requesting news of his accounts in India.
e. 1716 Henry Davenport's current account.
f. 18 Aug 1715 Letter from Boone at the Cape of Good Hope to Henry Davenport with an account of his journey. |