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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38745
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XII (ff. 308). Oct. 1823- June, 1824. George IV of England: Correspondence and papers of W. Huskisson: 1820-1830. includes: ff. 1-174 passim Liverpool, Lancashire: Correspondence conc. remittance of Customs revenue from: 1823. ff. 1-174 passim Revenue: Correspondence conc. remittance of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Oct 1823-Jun 1824
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38763
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Scope & Content:: Vol. XXX (ff. 136). Extra large size. 1800 and 1811-1830. George III of England: Correspondence and papers of W. Huskisson: 1782-1820. includes: f. 1 Accompts: W. Huskisson, for Cape of Good Hope: 1799-1803. f. 1 Cape of Good Hope: Bill for seeds and plants for: 1800. f. 1 William Duckitt: Le...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1800-1830
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 38765
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Scope & Content:: HUSKISSON PAPERS. Vol. XXXII (ff. 302). Papers relating (a) to the East India Company, their monopoly, etc., 1799 circ. 1830. f. 1; (b) to Ceylon, for which Huskisson was agent in England (see above), circ. 1799-1818. f. 234. George III of England: Correspondence and papers of W. Huskisson: 178...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1799-c 1830
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 39952
Title:: (a) ACCOUNT, in French, of the " Calendrier perpétuel des Turcs appelé Rouz-Namé," with tables. f. 1 ;- (b) " The Cinghalese Calendar from the 11th April 1825 till 11th April 1826." f. 18. Paper; ff. i + 27. XIX cent. Folio. Transferred from the Foreign Office Library (1918) and from the Department of Printed Books.
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Turkey: Account of the Turkish perpetual calendar: 19th cent.: Fr.f. 1 Calendars: Account of the Turkish perpetual calendar: 19th cent.: Fr.f.1 Chronology: Account of the Turkish perpetual calendar: 19th cent.: Fr.f. 18 Ceylon: Cinghalese calendar for the year 11 Apr. 182...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41996 A-Y
Title:: 41996. MISCELLANE0US Letters and Papers
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 i.e. Abu Bakr Arboobacaree, Ashanti priest: Letter to King Prempeh: 1888.: Engl.ff. 1, 3 Ashanti: Two letters picked up at Kumasi in 1896. Engl.ff. 1, 3 Prempeh, King of Ashanti: Letters to: 1888, 1889.: Engl.f. 3 I. Ebelt, chief miner of Babeaniha: Letter to King Prempeh...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1200-1929]
Extent:: 24 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 42056
Title:: CORRSPONDENCE and reports relating to Portuguese affairs in India and Ceylon; 1619-1688. Portuguese. The papers consist partly of letters from Portuguese officials in India and Ceylon, addressed to the King of Portugal and dealing mainly with the state of the cinnamon and pepper trade and the rivalry of the Dutch, and partly of reports and recommendations of the Conselho Ultramarino at Lisbon upon the documents submitted to them. For similar papers see Add. MS. 41996 Q, which was obtained fr...
Scope & Content:: India: Correspondence and reports rel. to Portuguese India and Ceylon: 1607-1688.: Portug. Trade and Commerce: Reports, etc., on the pepper and cinnamon trade: 1637-1688.: Portug. Portugal: Correspondence of officials rel. to India and Ceylon: 1607-1688.: Portug. includes: f. 1 Ignacio Sar...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Portuguese
Date Range:: 1619-1688
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 43564
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Scope & Content:: Vol. LXXIV (ff. 237). Other colonies, viz.:- (1) Mediterranean colonies (Gibraltar, Cyprus, and Malta); 1892-1895. ff. 1-45 b. (2) West African colonies (Sierra Leone and Lagos); 1894-1895. ff. 46-88 b. (3) East Indies (Ceylon, Hong Kong, Mauritius and Straits Settlements); 1892-1897. ff. 8...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1887-1897
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 44225
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Scope & Content:: Vol. CXL (ff. 266). 1873-1880. includes: f. 2 Edmond Robert Wodehouse, MP: Letters to W. E. Gladstone's secs.: 1871-1883.f. 4 James Gibson, Commissioner of National Education, Ireland: Letter to Lord Kimberley: 1873.ff. 14, 21 Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead; GCMG:...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1873-1880
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48941
Title:: D'ABERNON PAPERS. Vol. XXV. Journal of a voyage to India via Alexandria and Galle (Ceylon)
Scope & Content:: Vol. XXV (ff. i+86). Journal of a voyage to India via Alexandria and Galle (Ceylon), followed by an extensive tour of India; 28 Oct. 1876-14 Oct. 1877. F. 15 is imperfect. Preceded (ff. 4-12) and followed (ff. 86b-60b, reversing the volume) by miscellaneous notes, partly in French, German and Ar...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1869-1879
Extent:: 1 item

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