Extract from the Journals [manuscript]. 1793.

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Extract from the Journals [manuscript]. 1793.

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Contemporary manuscript copy of two resolutions agreed to by the House concerning the provision of sufficient means of religious worship for Protestant members in the service of the East India Company in Asia, and notably the appointment of a Chaplain on board every ship of 700 tons.

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