Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter by Henry Burney, 1827-05-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/16
Scope and Contents
2 pages.
Dates:
1827-05-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from A. Judson to Burney commenting on a Pali-Burmese dictionary, 1825 - 1838
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/9/13
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...
Dates:
1825 - 1838
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Amherst Harbour and undated letter from William Cox, 1828-01-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/4
Scope and Contents
6 pages.
Dates:
1828-01-25
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Burney concerning Kedah, 1842-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/11
Scope and Contents
The original letter asking for his opinion dated 27 Apr. 1842 is included (3 sheets).
Dates:
1842-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Captain Jenkins, Commissioner in Assam, 1825 - 1841
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/3/18
Scope and Contents
2 pages.
Dates:
1825 - 1841
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from F.G. Bonham to the Secretary to Government, Fort William, regarding Kedah, 1842-03-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/10
Scope and Contents
4 pages.
Dates:
1842-03-18
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from G. Swinton relating to an article criticising the treaty lately made with Siam published in the 'Penang Gazette', 1827-07-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/8
Scope and Contents
2 pages.
Dates:
1827-07-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Geo. Swinton, Esq., Secretary to the Supreme Government in the Secret and Political Dept. to Captain H. Burney, Envoy to Siam, 1827-02-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/3/2
Scope and Contents
12 pages.
Dates:
1827-02-23
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from H. Burney, 1828-01-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/20
Scope and Contents
4 pages.
Dates:
1828-01-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from H. Burney, 1827-05-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/22
Scope and Contents
Included are an extract from ‘Prince of Wales Island Gazette’ of 7 Apr 1827; observations on the article; a letter from William Cox, editor of the ‘Gazette' disclosing the author of the article (Captain Lake, Inspector-General of Plans at Penang), and stating that the article was seen by Mr Anderson, Secretary to the Penang Government. 36 pages.
Dates:
1827-05-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from H. Burney, requesting permission to write a history of his mission to Siam, 1839-11-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/29
Scope and Contents
1 page.
Dates:
1839-11-18
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from H. Burney to G. Swinton, stating that he was not the author of the article in the 'Bengal Hakaru', 1827-12-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/17
Scope and Contents
2 pages.
Dates:
1827-12-26
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Pungah, 1825-03-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/7
Scope and Contents
18 pages.
Dates:
1825-03-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Fonds
Letter from Sir Montagu Butler to Sir Frank Brown, 1922-11-05
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/6
Scope and Contents
A letter from Delhi written after Butler had returned from a visit to Calcutta. The letter discusses Butler's meeting with Archbishop Foss Westcott, the future of army chaplains, politics, the arrival of Lord Inchcape of the Indian Retrenchment Committee, Butler's resentment at the appointment of Sir Basil Blackett as Finance Member of the Executive Council, and the appointment of Butler's brother, Sir Harcourt Butler, as Governor of Burma.
Dates:
1922-11-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Asia miscellanea
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Letter from Sir Shenton Thomas to Sir John Martin, Colonial Office, on the subject of the official history of the war (3 copies), 1954-10-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/3/1/5
Scope and Contents
The file also includes two quotations from the 'Illustrated London News' (5 sheets).
Dates:
1954-10-14
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-sub-class:
For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
Sub-Fonds
Letter from Sir Stamford Raffles to Charles Grant, 1815 - 1915
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/19
Scope and Contents
A letter from Sir Stamford Raffles in Batavia to Charles Grant, Chairman of the East India Company, 25 October 1815 (3 pages), defending Raffles' administrative record in Java, written before he had received news of the decision to return Java to the Dutch. There is an undated typescript copy of this letter (2 pages) and a photocopy of a second letter, written by Raffles in Singapore to David Brown, 12 November 1822 (3 pages).
Dates:
1815 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Asia miscellanea
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Letter from Tavoy, 1828-06-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/5
Scope and Contents
4 pages.
Dates:
1828-06-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from Trymithountos Spiridon, the Bishop of Trymithountos, 1960 - 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018I/6
Scope and Contents
160 x 232 mm. Photographic copy of a letter (in Greek) written in the aftermath of Ottoman reprisals against Greek Cypriots for their support for the Greek War of Independence. The letter is probably dated 5 December 1821 and bears the stamp of Trymithountos Spiridon, the Bishop of Trymithountos, who had escaped the executions of prominent Greek Cypriot religious and social figures and fled to Europe. It seeks to mobilise European support for alleviating the sufferings of the Greek Cypriot...
Dates:
1960 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from W. Balhetchet, 1827
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/14
Scope and Contents
1 sheet.
Dates:
1827
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from W.E. Phillips, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, to the Rajah of Ligore, and memorandum for negotiations, 1825
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/27
Scope and Contents
8 pages.
Dates:
1825
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from William Cox, 1827-11-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/15
Scope and Contents
2 pages.
Dates:
1827-11-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from William Cox, 1827-07-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/6
Scope and Contents
4 pages.
Dates:
1827-07-21
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter from William Cox with reference to establishing a printing press at Amherst Harbour, 1828-01-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/19/21
Scope and Contents
4 pages.
Dates:
1828-01-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter granting Colonel Burney permission to consult the records connected with Prince of Wales Island and Quedah, 1841-05-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/4/30
Scope and Contents
2 pages.
Dates:
1841-05-27
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter of Instructions to the Ambassadors to the Country of Yoong-gyee, 1823 - 1824
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 65/3/1
Scope and Contents
Pencil note on cover reads ‘Document of the Burmese Envoys to Cochin China in 1823-1824.' 30p.
Dates:
1823 - 1824
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).