Ship's manifest of the sloop Adventure : [Hugli, India], 1683 Nov 15.

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Ship's manifest of the sloop Adventure : [Hugli, India], 1683 Nov 15.

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Autograph manuscript manifest for cargo shipped on the sloop Adventure, commanded by Thomas Bonry?, from the Reverend John Evans at Hugli, India, to Elihu Yale at Madras. Yale's signature appears on the verso.

1 item ; 33 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8018133

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Evans, John, fl. 1683.

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Adventure (Sloop : Hugli, India)

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Bonry, Thomas.

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Yale, Elihu, 1649-1721

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In 1671 Elihu Yale was appointed a writer in the East India Company. He was sent to Madras, India in 1672, and became a member of the council and second in command to the governor. In 1687 Yale became president and governor of Fort Saint George. He returned to England in 1699, where he carried on trade in diamonds. In 1718 Yale made a gift to the Collegiate School at New Haven, Connecticut, which, in appreciation, changed its name to Yale College. From the description of Elihu Yale c...