ABSTRACT
PA PE R S R E L A T IN G T O T H E Q U A R R E L BETW EEN BO W R EY A N D T O L S O N AS T O TH E C O N D U C T
OF T H E V O Y A G E T O TH E E A ST
BY March 1708 a serious quarrel had arisen between j Tolson and Bowrey and the other owners of the Mary Galley, regarding Tolson’s conduct of their affairs in the East. For this quarrel Griffin the mate and Grist the
purser seem to have been mainly responsible. Fortunately, a memorandum in Bowrey’s hand (Paper 84) of charges against Tolson for “ Breach of Articles and Orders” has been preserved, and from it we have been able to learn that they were based on affidavits by Grist and Griffin (see Paper 87). Most of the charges are trifling and their existence shows animus on the part of those making them. The most serious is that of “ Not keeping a Wast Book [rough account book, day-book] and Journall,” a charge difficult to prove since all the ship’s papers were destroyed after her capture. Other charges of private trade must have been equally difficult to prove for the same reason.
