Letters from John Harvey, Borneo Company Limited, to John Brooke Brooke, 1857, 1863

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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 1-6

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(fols. 1-2) letter from Singapore about the Chinese insurrection and the 'retribution and recovery' that followed; references to Keppel, Frederick Johnson, Duguid, and Helms, 23 Mar 1857
(fols. 3-4) letter from London about timber royalties and specification, 11 Sep 1863
(fols. 5-6) letter from London about the Rajah's request to Helms to take charge of John Brooke Brooke's plantations and personal property in Sarawak, as well as about sending his baby [Agnes] to England; and Charles Johnson to be installed 'Rajah Mudah and Heir Apparent', 13 Oct 1863.

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MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 1-6

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