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Project / Collection India Office Private Papers Place Java, Indonesia Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Mss Eur A143

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur A143
Title:
Jean de Lacombe papers.
Scope & Content:
Manuscript, dated Bordeaux 1861, by Jean de Lacombe, Sieur de Quercy (b c1638), entitled `Le Compendiaire du Levant' recounting his voyages in the East Indies as a Captain at Arms in the Dutch East India Company. Published as `A Compendium of the East' by the Golden Cockerel Press (London 1937).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1681
Extent:
1 volume

2. Mss Eur B110

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B110
Title:
James Ralph papers.
Scope & Content:
Commonplace book, dated c1816-24, of Lt James Ralph, British Army 1813-29, containing extracts of poetry and prose copied during two voyages to the East Indies and while stationed in India and Java; also an incomplete `Journal of my Life', written 1823, covering the year 1814, and including descr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1824
Extent:
1 volume

3. Mss Eur B338

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B338
Title:
Sir Home Riggs Popham papers.
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 5 Sep 1801, from Capt (later Rear-Admiral Sir) Home Riggs Popham (1762-1820), Royal Navy 1778-1820, to the Governor-General of Bengal, reporting information received on the situation in Java.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1801
Extent:
2 folios

4. Mss Eur C34-36; D199-200; E104-110; F31-33

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Mss Eur C34-36; D199-200; E104-110; F31-33
Title:
Raffles Collection
Scope & Content:
Official, demi-official and private correspondence and papers of Sir Stamford Raffles chiefly relating to Java, the Malay Archipelago, and Japan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1783-1825
Extent:
15 volumes

5. Mss Eur C604

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C604
Title:
William Pitt Amherst papers.
Scope & Content:
Two letters, dated 10 and 17 Jun 1816, from William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773-1857), Ambassador to China 1816, Governor-General of Bengal 1823-28, to his wife describing his visit to Batavia (Jakarta) en route to China including comments on the Dutch administration and return of Java t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816
Extent:
8 folios

6. Mss Eur C762

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C762
Title:
Thomas Horsfield papers.
Scope & Content:
`List of places marked on the map of Java, greater geographical subdivisions, districts' by Dr Thomas Horsfield (1773-1859), who served Dutch and British in Java, Sumatra and Banka 1800-19; employed at India Museum from 1819, Keeper 1836-59. Dated as: no date
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 folder

7. Mss Eur D132

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D132
Title:
`Brata Yud'ha or Holy War': manuscript English verse rendering by Rev Thomas Raffles (1788-1863) of the Javanese national poem, based on a literal translation by Sir Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811-16. See the latter's `History of Java' (London 1817), vol i, pp 410-68 for an analysis of the `Brata Yudha'.
Scope & Content:
`Brata Yud'ha or Holy War': manuscript English verse rendering by Rev Thomas Raffles (1788-1863) of the Javanese national poem, based on a literal translation by Sir Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811-16. See the latter's `History of Java' (London 1817), vol i, pp 410-68 for an an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1817
Extent:
1 volume

8. Mss Eur D668

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D668
Title:
John Lewis Stuart papers.
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers of Capt (later Lt-Col) John Lewis Stuart (1780-1827), Bengal Army 1799-1827, relating mainly to his service in Java 1812-15 and as an extra ADC to the Governor General Lord Hastings.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807-1816
Extent:
1 box

9. Mss Eur D970

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D970
Title:
James Bayley papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Maj James Bayley (b 1783), Madras Army 1804-29, consisting of a survey of the area between Tanjore and Malabar; a letter describing Java where Bayley was stationed in 1812; and a journal of a trip on the Ganges and Jumna rivers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1814
Extent:
49 folios

10. Mss Eur E357

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E357
Title:
Yule Family Papers
Scope & Content:
Yule Collection: papers of Maj William Yule (1764-1839), Bengal Army 1781-1808, oriental scholar; Col Udny Yule (1766-1830), Bengal Army 1785-1829; Sir George Udny Yule (1813-86), Bengal Civil Service 1832-68; and others; including material on the British occupation of Java 1811-16; the Santals a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1780-1886
Extent:
35 items