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Add MS 45274-45283
- Record Id:
- 032-002017991
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002017991
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x00003b
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 45274-45283
- Title:
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SARAWAK PAPERS
45274-45283. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC., of the philanthropist Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (Baroness Burdett-Coutts 1871) and her companion Hannah Brown, widow of William Brown, with Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., the first British Rajah of Sarawak, together with other papers relating to Sarawak; 1858-circ. 1899. The later letters from the Rajah (written after he was paralysed) were written by secretaries, principally Robert Beith, M.D. On the death of Baroness Burdett-Coutts, the letters passed to her husband William Lehman Burdett-Coutts formerly Ashmead-Bartlett, P.C., M.P., and then to his nephew Seabury Ashmead-Bartlett afterwards Burdett-Coutts, from whom they were obtained by Owen Rutter who printed most of them in his Rajah Brooke and Baroness Burdett Coutts, 1935. Ten volumes. Folio and quarto. Presented anonymously.
- Scope & Content:
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Sarawak: Correspondence and papers rel. to: 1858-circ. 1899.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002017991", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 45274-45283: SARAWAK PAPERS 45274-45283. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC., of the philanthropist Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (Baroness Burdett-Coutts…" },{ "id" : "036-002017992", "parent" : "032-002017991", "text" : "Add MS 45274-45282: SARAWAK PAPERS. Vols. I-IX. Correspondence with Sir James Brooke, K.C.B.; 1858-1868. Nine volumes." },{ "id" : "040-002017993", "parent" : "036-002017992", "text" : "Add MS 45274: Vol. I (ff. 168). Jan. 1858-June 1860." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002017994", "parent" : "036-002017992", "text" : "Add MS 45275: Vol. II (ff. 187). July 1860-Feb. 1862. includes: f. 123 Joseph Skey, LRCP, of London: Letter to Baroness Burdett-Coutts: 1862." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002017995", "parent" : "036-002017992", "text" : "Add MS 45276: Vol. III (ff. 146). March-Oct. 1862." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002017996", "parent" : "036-002017992", "text" : "Add MS 45277: Vol. IV (ff. 245). Nov. 1862-June 1863. includes: f. 3 W. F. Collier, of Tavistock: Letter to Sir J. Brooke: 1862." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002017997", "parent" : "036-002017992", "text" : "Add MS 45278: Vol. V (ff. 199). July 1863-June 1864." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002017998", "parent" : "036-002017992", "text" : "Add MS 45279: Vol. VI (ff. 148). July 1864-July 1865. includes: f. 35 John Sinclair, Archdeacon of Middlesex: Letters to Baroness BurdettCoutts: 1862,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002017999", "parent" : "036-002017992", "text" : "Add MS 45280: Vol. VII (ff. 148). Aug. 1865-June 1866." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018000", "parent" : "036-002017992", "text" : "Add MS 45281: Vol. VIII (ff. 122). July 1866-Aug. 1867. includes: ff. 98-122 Robert Beith, MD: Letters to Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Mrs Brown on…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018001", "parent" : "036-002017992", "text" : "Add MS 45282: Vol. IX (ff. 138). Sept. 1867-June 1868. Robert Beith, MD: Letters to Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Mrs Brown on behalf of, and rel. to,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002018002", "parent" : "032-002017991", "text" : "Add MS 45283: SARAWAK PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 80). (1) Correspondence with Charles Anthony Brooke formerly Johnston, 2nd Rajah of Sarawak (G.C.M.G.,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002017991
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 45274-45282 : SARAWAK PAPERS. Vols. I-IX. Correspondence with Sir James Brooke, K.C.B.; 1858-1868. Nine volumes.
Add MS 45283 : SARAWAK PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 80). (1) Correspondence with Charles Anthony Brooke formerly Johnston, 2nd Rajah of Sarawak…
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 10 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1904
- Date Range:
- 1858-c 1899
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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William Lehman Bartlett, PC, MP; husband of Baroness Burdett-Coutts: Owned: in 1921.
Seabury Burdett- Coutts, formerly Ashmead Bartlett; writer; nephew of William Lehman Bartlett: Owned: circ. 1934.
Owen Rutter, author, journalist and lecturer: Owned: in 1939.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Coutts, Seabury, formerly Ashmead Bartlett; writer; nephew of William Lehman Bartlett
Coutts, William Lehmann Ashmead Bartlett, formerly Bartlett; politician, 1851-1921
Rutter, Owen, author journalist and lecturer - Places:
- Sarawak, South East Asia