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Notes on the tides at the head of the Gulf of Siam and in the river leading up to Bangkok (not by Burney). 2 pages.

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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60 x 80 mm. exterior view.

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83 x 60 mm exterior view.

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Collection of uncaptioned slides.

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2 pages.

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98 x 125 mm. Full length seated portrait of the ‘First Queen’ (half-sister of the King) with two young children.

Scope and Contents This file contains notes for a projected magazine article on the comparative history of kissing from ancient to modern times. Bell sent out questionnaires soliciting information on the subject, and the file contains answers from the Gold Coast Acting Secretary of Native Affairs; the Japanese Counsellor of the British Embassy; the British Legation, Nepal; the British Consulate, Iceland; the British Consulate, Seoul; a missionary to China; the British Legation, Abyssinia; the Governor,...

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Notes compiled by Burney, probably for the paper he presented to the Royal Asiatic Society (6 pages).

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291 x 238 mm. View from a tower looking down onto the temple precincts. There appears to be some confusion in captioning with this and the following prints: this title, which evidently relates to this print, is in fact taken from Y3077A/50.

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26 pages.

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2 pages.

Scope and Contents This is a full transcript of the original letters made by Le Fleming’s son Stephen, retaining the original spelling and punctuation, with editorial commentary provided in italics or square brackets. The document is illustrated with reproductions of postcards, family photographs and some of Le Fleming’s art work. It also incorporates notes and extracts of letters from Rosalind Le Fleming to her mother, Beatrice Mary Lees, which have been reproduced in small print.Subjects include Le...

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Notes on the history of Siam from 1767 to 1825 and on the principal personages of the Kingdom, apparently translated from Siamese (not by Burney). 8 sheets.

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Letter concerning the restoration of the Raja of Kedah sent to Burney for comments (3 sheets).

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1 Letter from King of Siam to Queen of Portugal, 28 Dec 1786. 4 pages.
2 Letter from Foreign Minister at Bangkok to the Minister of Macao, 4 Nov 1819. 6 pages.
3 Preliminaries of treaty proposed by the Viceroy of Goa in 1820. 28 pages.

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Roll of paper containing:

1 Treaty of Friendship concluded 20 June 1826. 14 articles.
2 Agreement of Trade. 6 articles.

The text is arranged in three columns, written in Thai, Malay (in Jawi script) and English.

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The letters, dated 2 July 1832 (?) and 1 Feb 1833, discuss trade conditions and ask Burney to improve on Crawfurd's trade treaty.

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Much of the correspondence relates to an article printed in the 'Penang Gazette' on 17 April 1827, written by Captain Lake, Inspector-General of Plans at Penang, criticising the treaty the that Burney had recently negotiated with Siam [Thailand]. Several of the letters were written by William Cox, the editor of the paper. Burney's complaints to the Government of India were upheld.

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An account of a journey undertook in 1953-1954 to Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Manila, North Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and the U.S.A. The volumes are undated, but the last entry in the epilogue is dated 1957.

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265 x 214 mm. General view of the centre of the city of Bangkok and the palace area, taken looking across the Chao Phraya River.

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60 x 80 mm.

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52 x 32 mm.

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287 x 237 mm. View looking down onto the river from a hillside near the temple of Wat Chang. The view in fact appears to show one of the many canals of Bangkok rather than the main river.

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83 x 60 mm.