Hamilton family papers

These records consist of three main Hamilton family members:
Commander John Hamilton records consist of very full records for all of the Bombay Castle's voyages, including expenses, signal books, lists of passengers, and accounts of the French prize. There is also an extract from the Castle Huntly's log, 1819.
Commander Archibald Hamilton records consist of journals, owners' instructions, accounts of stores, navigational workbooks, cash books, as well as accounts of the engagement off Pulo Aor and the subsequent court of enquiry. There are also private and general trade accounts and several items of economic interest, including a fabric pattern sample book the papers relate to Montgomerie Hamilton, younger brother of Archibald. There are a number of logs of other East India Company ships, 1765 to 1785, and some papers of William Reid, relating to trade with North America, 1734 to 1735.
Commander Alexander Montgomerie records are account books for the Besborough, 1777 to 1781; a letterbook, 1786 to 1788, and a log book of the Bombay Castle, 1793 to 1794.
The last section is on the great grandfather of John and Archibald, Hugh Hamilton, and his two sons John (RN, then a Jamaica Planter) and Robert, who married a Jamaica planter's widow.