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Box 606766585

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Contains 32 Results:

Eleven letters from Charles Penty (formerly steward to Sir James Brooke in Sarawak), to Charles T.C. Grant, written from the Rajah Brooke Hotel, Ryde, 24 Nov 1875-1 Jan 1887

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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 263-284
About: the business of the hotel that he owned, with references to old Sarawak friends who visited him there (Helms, Harvey, Bishop McDougall) his financial affairs, on which Grant advised him his visit to the Rajah and Ranee at Purton near Swindon (fol. 274v) his purchase of the house adjoining the hotel, which he named 'Borneo Villa', for letting to...
Extents: 22 Leaves
Dates: 24 Nov 1875-1 Jan 1887

Letter from Montague Protheroe to the Rajah (Sir James), written in Singapore, about sending him horse liniment by the Rainbow, 1 Nov 1862

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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 286-287
Also about: a presentation to be made by the Dutch Consul to Captain Hewat for services to trade, etc. off Bintulu news of the American war 'a glowing account' of the visit to Sarawak of the Governor [of the Straits Settlements, Colonel Cavenagh].
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: 1 Nov 1862

Letter from Messrs Ransom Bouverie & Co, Pall Mall, to John Brooke Brooke, about the sum of £500 paid on 14 Jun 1854 to Messrs Coutts for the credit of Sir James Brooke, 21 Jan 1865

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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 288-290
Also a note of sums drawn in England by Sir James and John Brooke Brooke on the Oriental Bank, and sums lodged to their credit in Singapore, in 1859.
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates: 21 Jan 1865

Three letters from W.H. Read, Singapore, 6 Jan 1859-13 Oct 1862

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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 291-296
The letters are: to Monsieur L. Arman, Corps Législatif, Bordeaux, introducing John Brooke Brooke (2 and 3) to John Brooke Brooke, about the departure of the Charles Grants from Sarawak; hopes of Colonel Cavenagh writing 'a fair report' on Sarawak affairs which might help Lord Elgin 'in obtaining the protectorate'; and talk of a joint British and Dutch operation against the Lanuns, and...
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates: 6 Jan 1859-13 Oct 1862

Photocopy of a letter from George Ruppell, Sarawak, to Henry A. Templer, Bridport, giving an account of the Rajah's expedition up the Sakarran river, when Ruppell was left in charge at Kuching, and George Steward was killed, 25 Aug 1844

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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 302-305
It includes an extract from a letter to Ruppell from the Rajah from Matussan, about Serib Saib and Makota having fled and the measures taken to 'put down all piracy on the coast'.
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates: 25 Aug 1844