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Factory Records: Conimere

Catalogue reference: IOR/G/13

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This record is about the Factory Records: Conimere dating from 1682-1685.

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Reference

IOR/G/13

Title

Factory Records: Conimere

Date

1682-1685

Description

Consultations, 1682-1685. Copies of letters dispatched, 1684-1685. Copies of letters received, 1684.

Related material

Fort St George Factory Records (G/19)

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

3 volumes

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Administrative / biographical background

The Company appears to have traded at Conimere irregularly for several years before 1681 when permission was received from the ruler of Porto Novo to establish a factory there. The main export was cloth. Conimere is situated on the Coromandel coast about thirteen miles north of Pondicherry. In 1688 the factors of Cuddalore and Porto Novo were transferred to Conimere. When Fort St David was established in 1698, the factory at Conimere was abandoned. The records from this factory cease at around the time that Fort St George became a presidency, which suggests that they were then sent there rather than to London.

Record URL
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Factory Records: Conimere