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  <dc:title>Mason's index book re East India Company's affairs </dc:title>
  <dc:description>Consists of miscellaneous memoranda concerning all kinds of East India Co. affairs, indexed in alphabetical order, including: 

advertisements placed 
names of apprentices 
notes re particular individuals (death of captains etc.) 
notes re particular ships
salaries of agents in Egypt 
notes re transportation of coal to India (reference on p.ll to strike of the 'pitmen in the north'', 1844) 
notes re surgeons 
notes re 'natives of India' brought to England (names of various 'asiatic seamen', 'female ayahs', etc), 1840s - 1850s, (pp. 69 - 71) 
notes re the Poplar Fund including a list of people refused admission to the almshouses, 1839 - 1848, and applications for pensions (pp. 80 - 92) 
notes re Poplar Chapel (including note that the chapel was closed for repairs from Aug. to Oct. 1848 (p.81). 

"W Mason - 1841" on front cover.
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  <dc:date>1841-1870</dc:date>
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