Asia (continent)
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
Letter by Henry Burney, 1827-05-05
2 pages.
Letter from A. Judson to Burney commenting on a Pali-Burmese dictionary, 1825 - 1838
Letter from Amherst Harbour and undated letter from William Cox, 1828-01-25
6 pages.
Letter from Burney concerning Kedah, 1842-04-30
The original letter asking for his opinion dated 27 Apr. 1842 is included (3 sheets).
Letter from Captain Jenkins, Commissioner in Assam, 1825 - 1841
2 pages.
Letter from F.G. Bonham to the Secretary to Government, Fort William, regarding Kedah, 1842-03-18
4 pages.
Letter from G. Swinton relating to an article criticising the treaty lately made with Siam published in the 'Penang Gazette', 1827-07-06
2 pages.
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
12 pages.
Letter from H. Burney, 1828-01-24
4 pages.
Letter from H. Burney, 1827-05-10
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.
Letter from H. Burney, requesting permission to write a history of his mission to Siam, 1839-11-18
1 page.
Letter from H. Burney to G. Swinton, stating that he was not the author of the article in the 'Bengal Hakaru', 1827-12-26
2 pages.
Letter from Pungah, 1825-03-10
18 pages.
Letter from Sir Montagu Butler to Sir Frank Brown, 1922-11-05
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.
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
The file also includes two quotations from the 'Illustrated London News' (5 sheets).
Letter from Sir Stamford Raffles to Charles Grant, 1815 - 1915
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).
Letter from Tavoy, 1828-06-03
4 pages.
Letter from Trymithountos Spiridon, the Bishop of Trymithountos, 1960 - 1970
Letter from W. Balhetchet, 1827
1 sheet.
Letter from W.E. Phillips, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, to the Rajah of Ligore, and memorandum for negotiations, 1825
8 pages.
Letter from William Cox, 1827-11-04
2 pages.
Letter from William Cox, 1827-07-21
4 pages.
Letter from William Cox with reference to establishing a printing press at Amherst Harbour, 1828-01-24
4 pages.
Letter granting Colonel Burney permission to consult the records connected with Prince of Wales Island and Quedah, 1841-05-27
2 pages.
Letter of Instructions to the Ambassadors to the Country of Yoong-gyee, 1823 - 1824
Pencil note on cover reads ‘Document of the Burmese Envoys to Cochin China in 1823-1824.' 30p.