British East India Company.

The British East India Company was founded around 1600 in order to control British trade, especially in spices, from India, China, and neighboring regions. Initially, the company held a monopoly on such activities and both exploited and expanded British colonial power, by acting as an agent to the Crown from the early eighteenth century to the mid-nineteenth century.

From the description of British East India Company records, 1821-1853 (inclusive), 1821-1839 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168415