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1. Add MS 29508

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Add MS 29508
Title:
1. NOTES for one, two, three, four and ten rix-dollars, issued at Columbo, Ceylon; 1 Jan. 1796. Printed in Dutch and Cingalese. f. 1. 2. "Kredit-brieven" for five, ten, twenty-five, fifty, one hundred, four hundred, and one thousand rix-dollars issued at Columbo; 1794, 1795. Printed in Dutch and Cingalese; and each bearing, the certificate of interest payable by the British Government under the articles of the capitulation of Columbo, and notes of transfers at different dates. f. 6. Paper....
Scope & Content:
Ceylon: Notes and letters of credit issued in Colombo on the British Government: 1794-1796.: Dutch and Cingalese.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Sinhalese
Date Range:
1794-1796
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 40737

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Add MS 40737
Title:
TRANSCRIPTS of Dutch East India records, all in Dutch, relating, to Ceylon:-(1) Report (with ènclosures) from [Johan Gerard van Angelbeek, last Dutch Governor of Ceylon] to the Governor- General and Council of the Dutch East India Co., giving an account of the surrender of the island to the English which culminated in the capitulation of Colombo on 15 Feb. 1796. See G. Nypels, Hoe Nederland Ceilon verloor, 1908, where extracts are given from the similar report, 7 Mar. 1797, sent by van Angel...
Scope & Content:
India: Transcripts of records rel. to Ceylon: 1740-1796.: Dutch. Ceylon: Transcripts of Dutch E. India records rel. to: 1740-1796. includes: ff. 1-176 b George III of England: Transcripts of records rel. to surrender of Ceylon to Great Britain: 1796.: Dutch.ff. 1-176 b Johan Gerard van An...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1773-1 Nov 1773
Extent:
1 item

3. EAP1222/1

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EAP1222/1
Title:
Jaffna Bishop’s House Manuscript Collection
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of documents and manuscripts (including some typed letters and some printed documents) dating from the period 1750 to 1950. They reflect the history of the Roman Catholic missions in Ceylon or describe the day to day administrative and managerial activities of the Oblate...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Latin, Portuguese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1775-1948
Extent:
110642

4. EAP1222/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/13
Title:
Series 13 - Collections of letters classified and assembled by Fr. Batayron (beginning of the 20th Century) under green, hard binding, with Table of Content established by the same Batayron. Additional such collections are mentioned in other series.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Sinhalese, and Tamil
Date Range:
1775-1948
Extent:
120

5. EAP1222/1/13/18

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1222/1/13/18
Title:
[A bound set of 16 compilations of letters ("fascicules") written mainly by or to Jaffna Bishop Mgr. Bonjean. The very first documents are dated from Dutch period and from pre-OMI period. Table of content established by Fr. Batayron. (1744-1883)]
Scope & Content:
Extent: 1 bound set containing 1296 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-34.7cm, W-21.6cm, D-6cm. Condition of original material: Very fragile.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Portuguese
Date Range:
1744-1883
Extent:
154

6. Egerton MS 1853

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1853
Title:
"MEMORIE tot narigt en daar het nodig is ook tot opvolginge voor den aankomenden Ceijlonsen Gouverneur, den Heer Willem Maurits Bruijning, door zijnen predecesseur den Raad ordinaris en afgaanden Gouverneur Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff ingesteld:" a memoir of Baron van Imhoff, the outgoing Governor of Ceylon, for the instruction of his successor; dated, Colombo, 12 Mar. 1740. With a table of contents and an abstract. Followed, at f. 135, by resolutions of the Council on the principal points of ...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-134 Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, Baron; Governor of Ceylon: Memoir of information to his successor: 1740.: Dutch.ff. 1-134 Willem Mauritz Bruijning, Governor of Ceylon: Information from his predecessor: 1740.: Dutch.ff. 1-134, 156 Ceylon: Information from the outgoing Govern...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item