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== History of the Bengal Pilot Service ==
Brice and Labey<ref name=Brice> Labey, Capt G.T. and Brice, Capt R.K.H. (1970), ''The Bengal Pilot Service''. National Maritime Museum, Ref. THS/12/1-9. [http://remistry.wordpress.com Chapters 1-5] are available online. </ref> give a date of 1651 for the foundation of the service, but according to James Prinsep's Chronological Tables,<ref>Prinsep, James (1836). [http://books.google.com/books?id=BTYGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA160 ''Useful Tables, Forming an Appendix to The Journal Of The Asiatic Society. Part the Second. Chronological and Genealogical Tables''], page 160. Google Books</ref> the service dates back to 1669:
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[1669 ...] This year also were received orders from home, to institute a pilot establishment at Hoogly, to build a pinnace to be manned with intelligent seamen from the Indiamen, to take charge of the shipping up and down. Thus originated the Bengal Pilot Service.
'''THS 12 ''The History of the Bengal Pilot Service'' by Brice & Labey'''
This is a unique unpublished history of the Bengal Pilot Service in the Historical Manuscripts Collection of the [[National Maritime Museum]]. It covers a wide range of aspects to do with the service and its employee's e.g. Appendix G ‘Obituaries’ comprises information from various sources for men of the Pilot service and their families. Chapters1-5 are available online.<ref name=Brice/>
'''The Percy-Smith Collection (MS 88/006)'''
:*[http://quivis.co.uk/dum/hooghly-pilotage1.html Hooghly Pilotage ca. 1910]
:*[http://quivis.co.uk/dum/dana/index.html Dana's ''Dictionary of Sea Terms'' 1841/51]
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