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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 88900/1/1-9 Language English Name Charles Drummond and Co, bankers, of Charing Cross, c 1712

1. Add MS 88900/1/2

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Title:
Ceylon
Scope & Content:
Consists mainly of documents detailing North's investigations into the management of the pearl fisheries at Mannar and Arippo [Arippu]. Mahomed Aliar Jayako Aratchie Major G B Barbut Colonel Josias Champagne Chingay Chinniah Hugh Cleghorn Lord Clive Messrs Drummond James Dunkin Ernest William Fa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799-1804
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 88900/1/3

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Title:
Ceylon
Scope & Content:
Includes comments by North on the researches made by Joseph de Jonville into the religion and customs of the Cingalese, with reference to Greek philosophy and place-name etymology, and reports by North apparently explaining his government's expenditure. Anthony Bertolacci William Boyd Sylvester ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1800-1804
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 88900/1/6

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Title:
Ceylon
Scope & Content:
Includes documents relating to negotiations to end the Kandyan war, and correspondence about the end of North's governorship, the appointment of his successor Sir Thomas Maitland, and his journey back to England. George Arbuthnot Robert Arbuthnot William Arbuthnot George Atkinson Anthony Bertola...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805-1808
Extent:
1 volume

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Title:
Ceylon
Scope & Content:
A Mr Kee or Ker (1815) and A. Bertolacci (1820) describe further relations with the kingdom of Kandy. There are draft reports by North about the recruitment of the army in Ceylon, after 1805, incomplete. A list of 'Ceylon seeds' including some local names, 'botanical names unknown'. Joseph Atki...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1813-1825
Extent:
1 volume