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Founded in 1846, the Hakluyt Society seeks to advance knowledge and education by the publication of scholarly editions of primary records of voyages, travels and other geographical material. In partnership with Ashgate, and using print-on-demand and e-book technology, the Society has made re-available all 290 volumes comprised in Series I and Series II of its publications in both print and digital editions. For information about the Hakluyt Society visit www.hakluyt.com.

ISBN 13: 978-1-4094-1341-7 (hbk)

THE HAKLUT SOCITY.

REPORT FOR 1886.

T HE V OYAGES AND T RAVELS OF A NTHONY J ENKINSON , in two volumes, edited by Mr. Delmar Morgan and Mr. Coote, of the British Museum, have been issued to members during the year. T HE J OURNAL OF S IR W ILLIAM H EDGES , Chief of the East India Companys Factories in Bengal, from 1681 to 1683, is ready. This work has been edited by our President, who is preparing a second volume, to be issued next year, containing his commentaries and illustrative matter.

The first volume of F RANCOIS P YRARD DE L AVALS J OURNAL will also shortly be issued to members. The second volume, completing the work, is in course of preparation.

T HE V OYAGES OF THE E ARL OF C UMBERLAND , the Elizabethan Navigator, to be edited by Mr. W. de Gray Birch, are nearly ready for the press.

Another small volume has been undertaken by Mr. Clements Markham, C.B. This is the English version of the T RACTATUS DE G LOBIS and the I NDEX G EOGRAPHICUS , by Robert Hues, giving a full account of the oldest English globes, by Molyneux, now the property of the Middle Temple.

The Council has to announce that the Honorary Secretary of the Society, Mr. Clements R. Markham, C.B., has resigned after having held the office for twenty-eight years. Mr. Delmar Morgan having intimated his willingness to occupy the post thus vacated, the Council has appointed him to succeed Mr. Markham.

The storage of the Societys stock having been found to be inadequate to meet present requirements, the Council has decided to hire suitable premises at 4, Lincolns Inn Fields, at a rent of 620 per annum, and the stock is now placed there.

Members desirous of completing their sets of the Societys publications, are referred to the Prospectus, where full particulars are given of the terms on which sets of back numbers and single volumes may be purchased.

The following members retire from Council :

1. A UGUSTUS W. F RANKS , Esq.
2. E DWARD H AILSTONE , Esq.
3. Capt. M ARKHAM , R.N. (abroad).
4. E. D ELMAR M ORGAN .
5. Sir H ENRY T HUILLIER .

And the following gentlemen have been elected :

1. L ORD A BERDARE .
2. E. B URNE J ONES , Esq.
3. C LEMENTS R. M ARKHAM , Esq.
4. S. W. S ILVER , Esq.
5. Sir C HARLES W ILSON .

Statement of the Accounts of the Hakluyt Society for the year 1886.

WORKS ISSUED BY
The Hakluyt Society.

THE DIARY
OF
WILLIAM HEDGES, E SQ ,

No, LXXIV.

THE DIARY
OF
WILLIAM HEDGES, E SQ .

(AFTERWARDS SIR WILLIAM HEDGES),

DURING HIS AGENCY IN BENGAL;

AS WELL AS ON HIS VOYAGE OUT AND RETURN OVERLAND

(1681-1687).

TRANSCRIBED FOR THE PRESS, WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES. ETC.,

BY

R. BARLOW, E SQ .

AND ILLUSTRATED BY COPIOUS EXTRACTS FROM UNPUBLISHED RECORDS, ETC.,

BY

COLONEL HENRY YULE, R.E., C.B., LL.D.,

PRESIDENT OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

VOL. I.

THE DIARY, WITH INDEX.

LONDON :

PRINTED FOR THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY,

4, LINCOLNS INN FIELDS, W.C.

M.DCCC.LXXXVII.

LONDON

WHITING AND CO., LIMITED, SABDINIA STREET, LINCOLNS-INN-FIELDS.

COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

C OLONEL H. YULE, R.E, C.B., LL.D., P RESIDENT .

MAJOR -G ENERAL , S IB HENRY RAWLINSON, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., A SSOCIE E TRANGER DE LI NSTITUT DE F RANCE , V ICE -P RESIDENT .

L ORD ABERDARE, G.C.B., F.R.S., P EES . R.G.S.

W. A. T YSSEN A MHERST , E SQ ., M.P .

W ALTER DE G RAY B IRCH , E SQ ., F.S.A .

B EAR -A DMIRAL LINDESAY BRINE.

S IR EDWARD H. BUNBURY, B ART .

EDWARD BURNE JONES, E SQ ., A.R.A., D.C.L.

T HE E ABL IF DUCIE, F.R.S.

S IR BARROW ELLIS, K.O.S.I.

ALBERT GRAY, E SQ .

I IEUT .-G EN . S IR HENRY LEFROY, C.B., K.C.M.G.

R. H. M AJOR , E SQ ., F.S.A.

CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, E SQ ., C.B., F.R.S.

A DMIRAL , S IR ERASMUS OMMANNEY, C.B., F.R.S.

L OBD ARTHUR RUSSELL.

S. W. SILVER, E SQ .

T HE L ORD STANLEY os A LDERLEY .

S IR CHARLES WILSON, R.E., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S., D.C.L., and LL.D.

E. DELMAR MORGAN, H ONOBAEY S ECEETARY .

DIARY OF SIR WILLIAM HEDGES.

PREFACE.

T HE work now issued to the Society requires some prefatory explanation as to the manner in which it is presented, and some information also regarding the Diarist beyond what has been supplied in Mr. Barlows Introductory Notes.

A transcript of the Diary was brought to my notice some years ago by the Rev. James Long, to whom it had been lent by Mr. Barlow. How the Diary itself fell into this gentlemans hands may best be told by an extract from a letter with which he has favoured me :

I was living near Broadstairs, and not unfrequently visited Canterbury. There was a bookseller in the High Street, named Bohn, from whom I had made purchases on one or two occasions, and on September 20th, 1875 (so I find from my log-book), in answer to my usual inquiry for old Voyages and Travels, he mentioned that he had an old manuscript which perhaps might interest me. A glance showed me that its author, William Hedges, must be the same gentleman whom Bruce (Annals of the E. I. Company, ii, pp. 467-505) mentions as the firstGovernor, as well as Agent, for the Bengal Factories. So I bought it at once.

There was no mark, nor stamp, nor line of any description to indicate the previous owner, but I understood from Mr. Bohn that he had it as part of a lot at a sale ; and my impression is that he said a sale of some things belonging to Lord Sondes,1and this is all I know about the books history. The condition proved that it had been very lightly esteemed..... I copied it carefully, and I think accurately, intending to get it printed. But I discovered that the half-dozen copies I intended to distribute among my few friends, as an amusing illustration of early trade under difficulties, would cost nearly as much as an entire edition, whilst it would probably really not interest a single modern individual, so I gave up the idea. Mr. Long, however, happened to call one day, and thought with myself that it conveyed a good insight into the inner life and habits of some of the Honourable Companys servants, so I lent him the transcript.

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