[A small collection of newspapers in English comprising The Jaffna Catholic Guardian (1908), The Catholic Guardian (Jaffna, 1939), The New Leader (India, 1939). ]
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Extent: 1 set containing 74 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: H-31.2cm, W-23.8cm, D-1cm.
"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 ...
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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...
(ff. 138). Imperial defence; Aug. 1888-1895. Colonies British: Papers, etc., rel. to their defence: 1853-1894.: Partly printed. includes: ff. 1, 90 Sir George Lisle Ryder, KCB: Correspondence with Lord Welby: 1886-1891.ff. 2, 16-27b, 30-37b, 42 Hong Kong: Memoranda rel. to: 1888-1889.: P...
'A Journal of a Voyage intended by God's permission from England to the East Indies on board the Walpole, 1726'
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Journal (log book) of the voyage of the East India Company ship Walpole from England to Bengal (Captain Charles Boddam), January 1727-September 1729. The Walpole departed from the Downs on 7 March 1727, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of ...
Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Sarum from England to Bombay [Mumbai], April 1716-January 1716 [New Style date 1717], from Bombay to Mocha and back, February 1716 [New Style date 1717]-September 1717, and from Bombay to England, January 1717 [New Style date 1718]-July 1718. ...