Activities of an European Merchant and Cross-cultural Contacts in Madras in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries : an Analysis of Chardin Collection at Yale University

1.我检查了耶鲁大学Beinecke善本图书馆保存的John Charclin的收藏，发现它由708份文件组成（信件，账目表，发送信，发票，合同，收据，公证文件，账单等）。与丹尼尔·夏丹和他的妻子玛丽·抹大拉有关。丹尼尔是吉恩的兄弟，作为自由贸易者居住在马德拉斯。在708件物品中，202件与丹尼尔有关，281件与他的妻子有关。超过一半的项目有关玛丽抹大拉是发送或交给她后，她返回英国在1714年。2）我做了一个数据库，这一收集的英文包括信息，如，文件的体裁，发件人，日期和地点的问题，收件人，语言，张数，简要内容。这个数据库将在东方文化研究所的网站上，并将向公众开放。3）利用部分收藏作为历史资料，我做了一个题为“胡格诺派商人的妻子，在东京大学举行的国际贸易史学会上，通过对耶鲁大学夏丹收藏品的分析。为了公众的利益，我正在准备一本关于玛丽玛格达琳生平的书。其中五本已经出版。

1)I examined the collection of John Charclin, conserved in the Beinecke Rare Books Library in Yale University and found that it consists of 708 pieces of papers (letters, accounts sheets, letters of sending, invoices, contracts, receipts, notary documents, bills, etc.) related to Daniel Chardin and his wife, Marie Magdaleine. Daniel is a brother of Jean and resided in Madras as a free trader. Among 708 items, 202 are related to Daniel and 281 are to his wife. More than half items related to Marie Magdaleine are sent or handed to her after her return to England in 1714.2)I made a database of this collection in English including the information such as, genre of document, sender, date and place of issue, receiver, language, number of sheets, brief content. This database will be on the website of the Institute of Oriental Culture and will be open to the public.3)Using a part of collection as historical sources, I made a presentation entitled, "A wife of a Huguenot merchant, through an analysis of Yale Chardin collection" at the Society for History of International Trade held at the University of Tokyo.4)I am preparing a book on Marie Magdaleine's life for the interest of general public.5)I have written six articles concerning the subject. Five of which have already been published.