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Or 4942, f. 214
- Record Id:
- 033-003309960
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002890743
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029118131.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 4942, f. 214
- Title:
- Balinese letter to Mads Lange
- Scope & Content:
-
Letter (incomplete), written in a mixture of Malay and Balinese language in Balinese script, to Mads Johannsen Lange (addressed as twan langö), regarding a consignment of coffee, undated but possibly ca. 1839, when Mads Lange settled in Kuta. The writer informs Mr Lange that he met up with Lange's goods mid-way to Mengwi. It seems the cargo comprises coffee beans, but the writer is not keen to purchase the beans due to the high price of coffee at the time, which he estimates at around 8,500 [kepeng] per load. Translation of the text of the letter: 'I inform you, Mr Lange, that I have met up with your cargo midway to Mengwi. He told me/I was told you instructed that he/it should be met by me. You told I Sengkeki that I would/should [be asked to?] purchase coffee beans. I still have not yet completed the accounting/calculation? with him. The reason I am not game to finalise the account/calculation? is because I have not met you and I Sengkeki together. You said that when your cargo had arrived midway, I should be asked to/would purchase the coffee. The coffee has now been opened, but I have not inspected it. I am not game to purchase the coffee, because currently coffee is very expensive. My estimate is 8,500 per load ...[?]... that's the reason I am not game to purchase it. Now ...'
[Description and translation by Raechelle Rubinstein]
Note: the letter begins on f. 214v and continues on f. 214r.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002890743
033-003309960 - Is part of:
- Or 4942 : Miscellaneous Oriental manuscripts
Or 4942, f. 214 : Balinese letter to Mads Lange - Hierarchy:
- 032-002890743[0002]/033-003309960
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Or 4942
- Record Type (Level):
- SubFonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Balinese
Malay - Scripts:
- Balinese
- Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1839
- Date Range:
- 1839
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 30 x 216 mm. 1 f., palm leaf. 4 lines of text on each side.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquisition unknown.
- Publications:
- M.C. Ricklefs, P. Voorhoeve & A.T.Gallop, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain. New Edition with Addenda et Corrigenda. (Jakarta: EFEO, 2014), pp. 267-8.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)