Series
Factory Records: Cuddalore and Porto Novo
Catalogue reference: IOR/G/14
What’s it about?
This record is about the Factory Records: Cuddalore and Porto Novo dating from 1681-1687.
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Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IOR/G/14
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Title (The name of the record)
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Factory Records: Cuddalore and Porto Novo
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Date (When the record was created)
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1681-1687
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Description (What the record is about)
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Diary and consultations, 1681-1687. Copies of letters despatched, 1684-1686. Copies of letters received, 1684-1686. Commission for settling factories, 1681.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Conimere, Fort St David and Fort St George Factory Records (G/13, G/18 and G/19)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3 volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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As part of its efforts to extend trade southwards on the Coromandel coast, the Company opened negotiations with the Khan of Gingee in 1682 to settle at Cuddalore and Porto Novo, towns lying about 100 miles south of Madras. Permission to establish factories was granted and trade increased rapidly. Owing to increasing hostilities in the area, the factors transferred to the nearby factory at Conimere in 1688.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d7b176e9-3f18-41d1-b474-6aa0993408b4/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/G
East India Company Factory Records
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Factory Records: Cuddalore and Porto Novo