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THE LEVANT COMPANY 79
The conditions of his appointment34 were
those which the company made with slight
alterations in the case of all subsequent
ambassadors. The company agreed to pay
Sir John Eyre £300 towards his voyage and
£200 more for furnishing his house. As his
salary he would receive 5?ooo chequins35
7. Letter dated January 23 from Leghorn, was read in
London March 15.
8. Letter dated April 5 from Constantinople, was read
in London June 20.
9. Letter dated July 11 from Constantinople, was read
in London September 23.
These give but approximate notions, for in each case the
date on which the letter was read was in all probability
not the day of its arrival in London ; the date given
in the above table being the date of the meeting of the
court at which it was read. It may possibly have
arrived at an earlier date—though not much earlier ;
and possibly the ship which brought it to England
sailed some little time—though probably not much-
after the letter was written.
34 Found in a document, No. 69, in a bundle at the
Record Office, numbered F. A. Levant Company, No.
109. The bundle contains Royal Letters, instructions
to agents and miscellaneous notes bearing on the history
of the Company from the earliest times to the year it
was wound up.
35 From a document in Bundle I. of the Turkey Papers
it would appear that a chequin was equivalent to a
little over six shillings and eightpence. But there is
no date to this document, so that it is impossible to
The conditions of his appointment34 were
those which the company made with slight
alterations in the case of all subsequent
ambassadors. The company agreed to pay
Sir John Eyre £300 towards his voyage and
£200 more for furnishing his house. As his
salary he would receive 5?ooo chequins35
7. Letter dated January 23 from Leghorn, was read in
London March 15.
8. Letter dated April 5 from Constantinople, was read
in London June 20.
9. Letter dated July 11 from Constantinople, was read
in London September 23.
These give but approximate notions, for in each case the
date on which the letter was read was in all probability
not the day of its arrival in London ; the date given
in the above table being the date of the meeting of the
court at which it was read. It may possibly have
arrived at an earlier date—though not much earlier ;
and possibly the ship which brought it to England
sailed some little time—though probably not much-
after the letter was written.
34 Found in a document, No. 69, in a bundle at the
Record Office, numbered F. A. Levant Company, No.
109. The bundle contains Royal Letters, instructions
to agents and miscellaneous notes bearing on the history
of the Company from the earliest times to the year it
was wound up.
35 From a document in Bundle I. of the Turkey Papers
it would appear that a chequin was equivalent to a
little over six shillings and eightpence. But there is
no date to this document, so that it is impossible to