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2 folds, 340 x 150 mm. Apparently on religious donations.

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Kradat phlao, 372 x 738 mm.

Letter from the Mon commander of Siamese forces on the western border relating to a visit by several of his officers to British Burma in order to visit family and engage in trade.

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Kradat phlao, 356 x 642 mm.

Letter of thanks to Burney for helping some of his relatives to travel to Siam, and request for assistance for some now coming back to Burma.

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313 x 406 mm., written on both sides in pencil on European paper.

Undated letter from the Siamese Viceroy of the provinces bordering the Malay states (the Raja of Ligor) to Burney, promising to honour the terms of the treaty recently signed in Bangkok, suggesting it was written during the third quarter of 1826.

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303 x 430 mm., European paper, written on one side in pencil.

This letter concerns the Malay states during late 1826 and early 1827, and relates to Burney's mission to Ligor in June 1827.

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Kradat phlao, 349 x 524 mm.

A letter from Chaophraya Mahayotha to Brigadier General Sir Archibald Campbell requesting permission for a party of Mons in Thai government service to visit their families in British occupied Lower Burma. An undated note on the reverse records that Burney obtained it from Campbell, probably before travelling to Bangkok in 1825.

Scope and Contents This series contains twenty-one letters from the Siamese Government to Captain Henry Burney. RCMS 65/5/2-11 relate to his tenure as Envoy from the Governor General of India to the Siamese Court (1825-26). RCMS 65/5/12-21 date from his work in the civil administration of the Tenasserim Division of coastal Burma. Nineteen letters are ‘kradat phlao', traditional Siamese documents written in pencil on a thin paper made from the bark of the strebleus asper. Most consist of several sheets of paper...

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304 x 431 mm. Four concentric rectangles, and a half a circle within a rectangle, on a single sheet. It appears to represent the Thai-Buddhist universe.

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Kradat phlao, 387 x 360 mm.

Reply to an overture by Burney seeking to encourage trade between the two provinces. The Deputy Governor appears reluctant to make a decision in the absence of his superior.

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298 x 343 mm. A local map of a very restricted area, drawn by a Thai for Burney (?). None of the place-names on it are immediately recognisable.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Archives created by the British soldier and diplomat Henry Burney relating to his service in Burma [Myanmar] and Siam [Thailand]. The cataloguing of the collection has occurred in several stages. In 1921, the RCI Librarian Evans Lewin listed the main English language material in four series, assigning each a letter, A to D. In 1958, Dr D.K. Wyatt examined the Siamese material, including some as yet uncatalogued European material. He listed it in three sections, with the letters E, F, and...

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Kradat phlao, ca 310 x 255 mm. (Left margin defective).

Letter to Burney suggesting the encouragement of trade between Tavoy and Takuathung.

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Kradat phlao, 332 x 278 mm.

A letter from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the governor of the province controlling navigation to and from Bangkok. It directs him to allow 'the ship which had come with Captain Burney' (probably the brig ‘Guardian’) to clear the customs station at Samut Prakan. Burney had sent the brig to Penang for supplies and mail in February and it returned in May.

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Palm-leaf manuscript of 22 leaves, with two blank leaves at each end. Strung through a single centre hole with a plain cord. Each leaf is numbered on the verso. Five lines of writing on each side.

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Includes only Thai equivalents for Latin words alphabetically between testudineus and zythum. Neither the Latin nor the Thai words (in transcription) appear to be written by Burney, with a few pencilled exceptions.

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1 Column of Siamese numerals (1 sheet)

2 Tho sok, the thirteenth koon (1 sheet)

3-5 Calculations (3 sheets)

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Kradat phlao, 398 x 258 mm.

A polite letter of compliments from the Siamese Deputy Governor of the province of Thalang, on the island of Phuket (Junk Ceylon).

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Kradat phlao, 400 x 703 mm.

Letter from the Governor of the Siamese province of Thalang replying to an enquiry from the province of Marit (Mergui) about a ship lost along the west coast.

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Kradat phlao, 351 x ca 3600 mm.

A significant letter from the Thai ministry to Burney regarding his treaty proposals. It largely concerns the Malay states of Perak, Selangor, Kedah, Trengganu, and Kelantan.

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Kradat phlao, 340 x ca 3600 mm.

Additional objections from the Thai ministry to Burney's treaty proposals, largely focusing on the Malay states.

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Kradat phlao, 347 x 752 mm.

This letter relates to Burney’s unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Thai to free seven Burmese prisoners-of-war.

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Kradat phlao, 346 x 875 mm.

This letter deals with the movement of persons and commerce across the Thai/British Burma border.

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Kradat phlao, 339 x 777 mm.

Phraya Phiphatkosa was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and younger brother of the Minister. On behalf of the six ministers of the Thai Government, he refuses Burney's request for military or logistical support in the First Anglo-Burmese War.

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Kradat phlao, 404 x 693 mm.

Like RCMS 65/5/2, this letter rejects Burney’s request for military or logistical support in the First Anglo-Burmese War.

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Kradat phlao, 332 x ca 175 mm.

This letter relates to Burney’s request for aid during the First Anglo-Burmese War.