Letter from Sir James Brooke, from Harrow, about the Company's affairs and the royalty on coal, 8 Feb 1858

Item

MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 2a, fols. 160-165

Held at the Weston Library

Also about:

his talks with Lords Shelburne, Palmerston, and Clarendon
his proposal that the Crown should 'acquire the right of sovereignty and leave the administration to our family'
Sarawak's political importance, and the value of the coalfields
his wish that John Brooke Brooke should tell the Datus (local leaders) what he was doing for their sakes, and the importance of gaining the Queen's protection
details of sums to be refunded to him, and to be allotted to John Brooke Brooke and Charles Johnson
sums to be paid to him by the Borneo Company
the proposal that the Bishop's diocese should include the Straits as well as Labuan
news of the Keppels' movements.