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Bantam Factory Records (1649-1662) : Consultations; Correspondence 1649/01/11-1662/11/12.

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Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
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Description: IOR/G/21: Factory Records: Java, 1613-1817. Bantam consultations, 1664-1702; records of expedition to Java, 1809-1812; Java public consultations, 1811-1815; Java military consultations, 1812-1815; Java separate consultations, 1813-1814; Java separate dependencies consultations, 1814; Java separate and political consultations, 1815; Java journals and ledgers, 1811-1817; Java receipts and disbursements, 1812-1816; letters from Java, 1812-1813; records re: surrender of Java to Dutch, 1816-1817; Original letters from Java, 1812-1817; original enclosures to letters, 1812-1814; papers relating mainly to Sir Stamford Raffles, 1812-1827; copies of letters from Company's Secretary to Batavia, 1812-1815; and various miscellaneous documents. 75 volumes.Origin: The factory at Bantam, on the north-west coast of Java, was one of the earliest Company settlements. It was established in 1603 to act as a base for the spice trade in Java and the neighbouring islands. By 1617 the Bantam factory was overseeing factories in Sumatra, Borneo, Banda, Japan and Siam as well as those on the west coast of India. Further bases had also been established at Jacatra and Jambee on Java itself. In the Spice Islands, however, the Company was in constant conflict with the Dutch and in 1621 the Dutch drove the Company's factors from Bantam. The factory was re-established in 1629 but by then the focus of the Company's trading interests had shifted to the Indian subcontinent. Between 1630 and 1634, Bantam was officially made subordinate to Surat, but it afterwards recovered its position as a presidency. In 1682, during a civil war in which the English and the Dutch took opposing sides, the Dutch drove the English from Bantam; no real efforts were made to recover the Company's position. Java came into prominence again in 1811 when the English sent an expeditionary force to recapture the island after it had been taken by the French. Java was recaptured and administered by the English until 1816, when it was restored to the Dutch.Related Resources: Surat Factory Records (IOR/G/36); Bengal Proceedings (IOR/P).
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IOR/G: East India Company Factory Records (1608-1858). A 'factory' was a trading post where a number of merchants, or factors, resided. When company ships arrived at the factories, ships' merchants were thus enabled to exchange goods for trading immediately instead of having to wait to make deals with local merchants. Factories were run by a chief factor and a council of factors. The 'Factory Records' is an artificially-created sub-fonds; the records of individual Company factories consist mainly of consultations (records of administrative decisions and of correspondence), diaries (records of daily activities), letters received, copies of letters sent and collections of papers on particular subjects.
AMDigital Reference: IOR/G/21/3/3 Part 1.
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Reproduction of: Bantam Factory Records (1649-1662) 11 Jan 1649 - 12 Nov 1662.
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The British Library
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The British Library Board
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