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Add MS 40737
- Record Id:
- 032-002092581
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002092581
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000051.0x00036a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 40737
- Title:
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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 Angelbeek to the Directors in Holland. f. 1;-(2) Extracts from earlier documents (1740-1766) relating to Ceylon, including (ff. 185 b-186) a list of officers in charge at Manaar (1659-1755). f. 177;-(3) Six original letters in Dutch from members of the Dutch East India Co. in Java, 15 Oct.-1 Nov. 1773. f. 202. Ff. iii + 213. Folio. Stamped with the name of Louis Nell, Ceylon. No. 791 in a printed catalogue of which the relative page is prefixed.
- Scope & Content:
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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 Angelbeek, Governor of Ceylon: Report, with enclosures, to Dutch East India Co. on the surrender of Ceylon: 1796.: Dutch.: copy.
- f. 186 Manaar, Ceylon: List of Dutch officers in charge at: 1659-1755.
- f. 202 Jacob Cornelis Mattheus Radermacher, of the Dutch E India Co: Letter to -: 1773.: Dutch.
- f. 203 Johan Robert Van der Burgh, of the Dutch E India Co: Letter to -: 1773.: Dutch.
- f. 205 Paulus van Lelijveldt, of the Dutch E India Co: Letter to: 1773.: Dutch.
- ff. 207, 212 Lodewijk Breton, of the Dutch E India Co: Letters to -: 1773.: Dutch.
- f. 213 Reinier De Klerk, of the Dutch E India Co: Letter to -: 1773.: Dutch.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002092581
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002092581
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Dutch
English - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1773
- End Date:
- 1773
- Date Range:
- 15 Oct 1773-1 Nov 1773
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Louis Nell, Crown Counsel, Ceylon: Owned: 19th cent.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Angelbeek, Johan Gerard van, Governor of Ceylon, 1727-1799
Breton, Lodewijk, of the Dutch E India Co
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820
Klerck, Reinier, naval officer and colonial administrator, 1709?-1780
Lelijveldt, Paulus, of the Dutch E India Co
Nell, Louis, Crown Counsel, Ceylon
Radermacher, Jacob Cornelis Mattheus, of the Dutch E India Co
Van der Burgh, Johan Robert, of the Dutch E India Co - Places:
- Ceylon, Asia
India, Asia
Manaar, Ceylon