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Place Ceylon, Asia Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [32] Fonds

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 31345 A-E

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Add MS 31345 A-E
Title:
MAPS of India and Ceylon. Transferred from the Dept of Printed Books (Section of Maps). Paper; xixth cent.
Scope & Content:
Michael Wise, composer; d.1687: Church music: 17th, 18th centt. Maps and Plans: India and Ceylon: 19th cent. Ceylon: Maps: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
5 items

3. Add MS 39952

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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

4. 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

5. Add MS 41996 A-Y

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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

6. Add MS 42056

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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

7. EAP835/1

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EAP835/1
Title:
Manuscripts relating to the American Ceylon Mission
Scope & Content:
This collection consists of nine manuscript files related to the 19th-century American Ceylon Mission, including reports, church record books, and minutes from meetings. Anonymous private collection.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1883
Extent:
2732 Tiff images

8. EAP835/2

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EAP835/2
Title:
Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India (JDCSI) Collection
Scope & Content:
This description comes in part from Professor Bernard Bate's finding aid for the JDCSI's archive, published in 2005. This collection consists mostly of manuscript materials "from the establishment of the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) in 1816 by the American Ceylon Board of Commissioners for Forei...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1816-1866
Extent:
1300 Tiff images

9. EAP835/3

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EAP835/3
Title:
Jaffna College Archive Collection
Scope & Content:
The archive belongs to Jaffna College and holds diverse materials ranging from 1710 to the present, with a focus on late nineteeneth- and early-twentieth century materials. The materials are divided into seven shelves categorized by major subject: history, religion, medicine, astronomy, the Tamil...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1841-1895
Extent:
1635 Tiff images

10. EAP835/4

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EAP835/4
Title:
St John's College Collection
Scope & Content:
The collection is comprised of a set of St. John's College magazines, beginning in 1905, and housed in a metal cabinet in the St. John's College Library. The magazine is broken up by term and year, each volume listing an academic calender for the term, a brief history of the college, followed by ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English and Tamil
Date Range:
1905-1918
Extent:
1129 Tiff images