Manuscript copies of 13 letters and extracts, to his parents and sisters, 1 Nov 1848-21 Apr 1851
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 10, fols. 29-44
Held at the Weston Library
The letters are paginated 3-33 and not in chronological sequence. In addition to general descriptions of his travels and activities as Private Secretary to the Rajah [he was appointed to this post early in 1848], the following matters are mentioned:
- (fols. 33v-34) letter from Labuan: visit to Brunei and ceremony of presenting treaty to the Sultan, 1 Nov 1848
- (fol. 30) letter from Pinang (Penang): voyage in the Magnolia with the Rajah, St John, and the McDougalls; and plans for mission to Siam (Thailand), 9 May 1850
- (fol. 30v) letter from Singapore: plans to visit certain rivers and the Kayan country of the interior, 2 Jun 1850
- (fols. 41-42) letter from Singapore: the Rajah's defence in answer to accusations in the press and by Henry Wise, 3 Jun 1850
- (fol. 33) letter from Singapore: problems facing the Rajah in Siam (Thailand), 6 Jun 1850
- (fol. 42) letter from Singapore: departure for Siam (Thailand), 2 Aug 1850
- (fol. 36v) letter from Singapore: the failure of the Siamese (Thai) mission, 6 Oct 1850
- (fols. 34-35) letter from Sarawak: the return after an absence of ten months; the welcome accorded the Rajah by the Dyak communities; and the arrival of Chinese migrants, 7 Nov 1850
- (fols. 43v-44) letter about American recognition of the Rajah; and Dutch support of his policy regarding 'piracy', n.d. [1850]
- (fols. 37-38) letter from Sarawak: the decision to return to England because of the Rajah's ill health; and Charles Grant's trip with Crookshank to Sakarran, 13 Nov 1850
- (fols. 38v-39) letter from Malta: voyage from Sarawak; and advice received from the Foreign Office to hasten to England to face the attack of Joseph Hume, MP, 2-21 Apr 1851
- (fols. 39v-40) notes on Borneo, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1 Nov 1848-21 Apr 1851
Extent
16 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 10, fols. 29-44
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