Guide to the Records of the South Sea Company (as filmed by the AJCP)

Series. Minutes of Court of Directors, 1784 - 1805

The minutes refer inter alia to applications for licences for ships to proceed to the southern whale fishery. They usually state the name of the ship, the names of the owners and master, the number of crew and the tonnage of the ship.

Minutes of Court of Directors, February 1784 - January 1787 (File Add MS 25521)

109pp, copy complete.

Minutes of Court of Directors, January 1787 - January 1790 (File Add MS 25522)

114pp, copy complete.

Minutes of Court of Directors, February 1790 - January 1793 (File Add MS 25523)

117pp, copy complete.

Minutes of Court of Directors, January 1793 - January 1796 (File Add MS 25524)

104pp, copy complete.

Minutes of Court of Directors, February 1796 - January 1799 (File Add MS 25525)

117pp, copy complete.

Minutes of Court of Directors, January 1799 - January 1802 (File Add MS 25526)

(117pp, copy complete.

Minutes of Court of Directors, February 1802 - January 1805 (File Add MS 25527)

(114pp, copy complete.

Series. Register of Instruments, 1735 - 1856

Register of instruments to which Common Seal of Company has been affixed, 1735 - 1856 (File Add MS 25578)

The register includes licences granted to ships to sail and fish within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Company...