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11. Mss Eur E104

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Mss Eur E104
Title:
Raffles Collection II. Papers relating to the Java expedition and a report on Pachitan by J. Crawfurd occupy the greater part of this volume.
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 1˗24: Memo proposing the Capture of Java from the French in 1810 by Mr Raffles. No. 226. (W. M. 1809). This deals with the following topics: Decline of the Dutch power in the East; the greater part of Java still independent; but Marshal Daendels has partially restored authority, by r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1822
Extent:
pp 228 (38x25 cm)

12. Mss Eur E105

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Mss Eur E105
Title:
Raffles Collection III. A letter to Lord Minto and a rough draft of a report on the “Eastward” fill half this volume.
Scope & Content:
Many of the other documents may be described as routine, and are connected principally with the expedition to Java. 1, p. 1: Den Brigadier, en Chef van de Generale Staf Ridder G. H. von Gutzlaff aan de Kommandeerende Officier van Zyne Britanische Majesteit Schip in zigt. Batavia den 4r He...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1812
Extent:
pp 346 (35x23)

13. Mss Eur F31

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Mss Eur F31
Title:
Raffles Collection VI. Nearly the whole of this volume is concerned with the resumption of Java by the Dutch in 1816.
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 1˗16: Memo. of points to attend to on the Transfer of the Colony to the Dutch in 1816. [n.d.] 2, pp. 17˗20 : Th. R(affles) to the . .. Governor and Council, Prince of Wales Island. Batavia, 12th March 1816. He has, this day, handed over charge to John Fendall; he cannot at present ta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1817
Extent:
pp 461 (35x29 cm)

14. Mss Eur C35

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Mss Eur C35
Title:
Private Letters to Lord Minto, 1810˗1811. Besides 22 letters to Lord Minto there are seven to W. E. Phillips, who became Governor of Penang on the death of Bruce. The letters are dated from 25th November 1810 to 13th May 1811. They are all from Raffles, and all of them are concerned with the expedition to Java. None of the letters is printed in Lady Raffles’ Memoir, or in Boulger’s Life; but there are some published letters of this period that are not in the MS.
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 1˗9: To Lord Minto. Prince of Wales Island, 25th. November 1810. The action of the squadron; the removal of the blockade of Java; Mr. Bruce places a small cutter at Raffles’ disposal. 2, pp. 9˗10: To Lord Minto. Prince of Wales Island, 27 Novr 1810. Raffles has induced a local shipbu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1811
Extent:
pp 154 (27 x 19 cm)

15. Mss Eur C36

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Mss Eur C36
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This volume is paged in continuation of 244 (Private letters to Lord Minto), namely, from 155 to 238; but this was a mistake, as there is no direct connection between the two volumes. The present manuscript is dated 1825, and is wholly concerned with Borneo.
Scope & Content:
pp. 159˗161: J. C. Ross to Sir T. S. Raffles. London, 17th Jany 1825. “Herewith I send for your acceptance the rough sketch of the remarks which I formerly submitted to your notice. . . . Should my testimony appear requisite .. . you will reckon on my giving it in the fullest manner ... . I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1825
Extent:
pp 84 (28 x 19 cm)