Richard Craddock's Career with the East India Company - Man Family

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[The use that they were put to was drawing the President’s
coach]
The letter then goes on to discuss the indigo crop:
You have quite dashed our hopes of providing any good
indigo of last years crop. We will think of it no more,
being you write there is none good to be had; and in hopes
you may supply that want with new, to be here by the end of
December at furthest; of which let your next [letter]
satisfy us. (EFI 55-60, p.163].
The next topic the letter deals with concerns an
unfortunate event reported by Smith and Craddock that had
overtaken another factor, Mr. Scrivener, on his return to
his post at Tatta after visiting Ahmadabad. Apparently
Scrivener had been kidnapped by robbers and he had been
forced to ransom himself for 500 rupees.
In an attempt to recoup the 500 rupees, Craddock is asked
to consult with Shaw Nawas Ckaun [Shah Nawaz Khan] the
governor of Gujarat and hence the person who had
jurisdiction over the area in which Scrivener had been
robbed. The Company advises Craddock of the governor’s
character.