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 12 8. III. FEB. 17, 1917.1 NOTES AND QUERIES.

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LETTEK X.

Richard Edwards to John March (rough draft).

(O.C. 3339A.)

Cassumbuzar : 7 ber [September] 6 : 1669 Mr. John March

Respected Sir

Yours of the 17th past month received the 26 ditto, together with the 400 rs. yours exprest, Sent upon the Budgera,* and may, Sure, returne you thanks, and acknow- ledgment of So great kindnesse, without Suspition of a Complement which I~doe not know my selfe ever to have been guilty of ; but I am Sure should of Ingratitude, could I be Sencelesse of your Favours.

You advise your having sent 20 Seerf strait blades f to [Hajrajhatte and yoiir purpose to Send the rest if they Sell, wherein (Sir) you need not question my ready assent, and willingnesse to run any risque you shall propose in order to the disposing what Swordblades are left, and shall Scruple no hazard, unlesse of losing your favour by Imposing So great trouble on you.

[Unsigned.]

LETTER XI.

Richard Edwards to John Vickers (rough draft),

(O.C. 3368.)

Cassumbuzar 16th November [1669] To Mr Vickers ^

My last to you was of the 30 past and 2th Current, Since which, vizt. on the 6th present received yours of the 30 past month and am Sorry to hear of the Stopping of the Sannoes &ca., not for my disappointment who can make Shift to stay,|| but least I have been the occasion of doing you dis- pleasure, it being possibly not ordinary to Send Such bundles Per Cossids for fear of Impeding them on the way.

Your lace as yet remaines undisposed of, but hope now businesse is Somewhat over Shall find Some way for its Sale, in which Mr March promised his assistance, but hath Since [been] So busy a writing that I have

a keelless barge, used on the Gangetic rivers.
 * Budgera, more commonly budgerow (bajrd),

t Seer (ser), an Indian weight, varying in different districts, roughly about 2 Ib. avoirdupois. 1 Straight, a.s opposed to curved swordblades, or scimitars. See Letter V. j| Stay, i.e., wait.

not had opportunity to Speake with him,, and Mr Powell left this place So Suddenly after Mr Marche's arrivall that it frustrated his Intentions of disposing of it, So as to Send you its produce then.

My Silke Stockings are I hope arrived with you and wish they may finde Sale ; as for their produce, my last advised, vizt. what you may have occasion for your Selfe, reserve and Give me Creditt for ; the rest Invest in what you thinke convenient and remitt Per first opportunity

I have Per this conveyance Sent Some of my letters to Mr Powell, the rest not yet ready, Shall Send Per next Conveyance" to you *and desire you would deliver them to Mr Powell if in Ballasore, but in case one Ship Should be dispatcht [and] he Should be on it, pray Send them Per your friend, *f which businesse ended, we Shall I hope have a little more leisure and then Shall not fayle to write in answer to your's more fully. Mr M[arch] desires kindly to be remembered to you and pray remember me as kindly to Mr White, and So I rest

[No signature]

[In the margin] to Send the Sannoes &c. Per this opportunity.

. LETTER XII.

Richard Edwards to Henry Powell (rough draft).

(O.C. 3368A.)

[Henry Powell had been in the Company's service for several years before he came in contact with Richard Edwards. The date of his election has not been ascertained, but it must have been some time before February, 1662, when the Court of Committees ordered his dismissal. In October, 1664, he was readmitted on account of his " good conduct in the Bay of Bengal." He was head of Kasimbazar factory in 1669, where, on his request to beallowed to return to England, he was replaced by John March. He sailed early in 1670, and in September of that year news reached Hugli that his wife had " deceased of melancholy " at his non-return. On Powell's arrival in England he was admitted to the freedom of the Company, and appears to have settled down in London as a haber- dasher. He married a second time Sarah, daughter of William Daniel. In 1676, when Richard Edwards had to find additional se- curity on attaining the rank of merchant, he nominated " Henry Powell of London, mer- chant." Five years later Powell died, leaving one son, John (a minor), and two married daughters, Sarah Mitford and Mary Lethieullier. His second wife, who survived him, was ex- ecutrix to her husband's will, which was proved

t The passage between the two asterisks is marked round by Edwards as if he intended to- transpose or omit it.