Rajapur: Copies of letters despatched, 4 Oct to 30 Nov 1659, 19 Nov 1659 to 3 Nov 1660 : Correspondence 1659/10/04-1660/11/03.
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- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
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- 1 online resource
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- Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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- Summary
- Description: IOR/G/31: Factory Records: Rajapur, 1659-1660. Copies of letters despatched, 1659-1660. 1 volume.Origin: In 1612, ships of the sixth voyage called at Dabdol in the kingdom of Bijapur on the east coast of India. Negotiations for a settlement at Rajapur a few miles away began in 1628 but it was not until nine years later that a factory was established there. Calicoes, cotton yarn, saltpetre and pepper were the main items purchased. The Courteen Association established its own factory at Rajapur, but the Company's presence was consolidated when the Association and the Company united in 1650. From around 1660 the town was periodically raided by the rebel Maratha leader Sivaji and the factory was abandoned in 1679.Related Resources: Bombay and Surat Factory Records (G/3 and G/36).
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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/31/1. - Original Version
- Reproduction of: Rajapur: Copies of letters despatched, 4 Oct to 30 Nov 1659, 19 Nov 1659 to 3 Nov 1660 4 Oct 1659 - 3 Nov 1660.
- Location of Originals
- The British Library
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- The British Library Board
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