Honᵇˡᵉ Sʳ, yoʳ affectionate bro. and Serᵗ, whilst
Joˢ Haddock.
Sʳ I recᵈ yoʳ letter, alsoe one from my wife sent per the Defence; and returne my humble thancks for it.
For the Honᵇˡᵉ Sʳ Richᵈ Haddock, at his house on Tower Hill. Present. London.
Pʳ the Williamson, Capt. Ashby, Comandʳ, D.G.
[a] Chuttanuttee, now Calcutta.
[] Early in 1686 the Company fitted out an expedition to retaliate on the Nawab of Bengal for past injuries, and to attempt to seize Chittagong. But before the arrival of the forces a premature quarrel with the natives forced the English to abandon Hoogly and retire to Chuttanuttee. In Sept. 1687, a truce was patched up, but the Company was not satisfied. An armament was despatched under command of Heath. The result was the attack on Balasore, as told in this letter, an abortive attempt on Chittagong, and the abandonment of the Company’s factories in Bengal.—See Mill’s Hist. of British India, book i. chap. v.
[c] Farwana, the licence granted by a viceroy; as distinguished from a firman, granted by a sovereign.