ABSTRACT
HERE are three papers of accounts preserved regarding the voyage of the Mary Galley to the East, in addition to those already printed in Chapter h i . The first
(Paper 104) is an anonymous and undated document, pro bably drawn up by Tolson, either while a prisoner in Dunkirk, or soon after his return to England, to be put before the arbitrators. It is by way of being a balance sheet of the Mary Galley at Batavia in 1706, her voyage to Madras and Calcutta thereafter, and her voyage home. It has one item in it which can be checked by reference to the second paper, an “ Invoice of Goods bought per Mr. Russell at Calcutta in Bangall and put on board the Mary Galley with their Cost and Charges ” (Paper 105). The item in question is “ By the Cost of the Homeward Cargo [Rupees] 23,567.” The total of Russell’s Invoice is also Rupees 23,567. So it is quite clear whence the item in the Balance Sheet came, and its existence goes to prove the honesty of that sheet, whoever drew it up, though it does not altogether balance quite correctly.
