Box 606766585
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Contains 32 Results:
Letter from S. Oxon (?) (signature doubtful), Lavington House, Petworth, to Rev. E.B. Evelyn, in reply to his request to communicate with Miss Coutts about Sir James Brooke's unfair behaviour towards John Brooke Brooke, 3 Oct 1863
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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 219-220
Asking for an account of the complaint in writing. Signature previously identified as C. Owen.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
3 Oct 1863
Letter from Lord Palmerston's Secretary (Evelyn Ashley) to John Brooke Brooke, acknowledging receipt of his pamphlet, 6 Jul 1863
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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 221-222
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
6 Jul 1863
Letter from Farrer, Ourry & Farrer (?) (Lincoln's Inn solicitors), to John Brooke Brooke, returning the copy of his pamphlet which he had left at the office, 15 Aug 1863
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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fol. 223
Signature previously identified as that of Paner Ouvry Faner.
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
15 Aug 1863
Twenty letters from William F.B. Paul, stationed at Bintulu, to Robert Hay, sending brief reports on his work as government officer, 15 Mar 1862-1 Jul 1863
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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 224-262
Extents: 39 Leaves
Dates:
15 Mar 1862-1 Jul 1863
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 Mrs E. Penty (Charles Penty's wife) to William […] (perhaps a relative), about entering the Rajah's service, 7 Aug 1863
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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fol. 285
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
7 Aug 1863
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
Letter from Miss Marion Rocke, in Singapore, to John Brooke Brooke ('Dear Rajah'), thanking him for his kindness and help with her work [as school mistress in Sarawak], 24 Nov [1862?]
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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 297-299
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates:
24 Nov [1862?]
Letter from H. Barron Rodway to John Brooke Brooke ('Dear Rajah') about his son [William], a member of the Sarawak Service, 8 Dec 1862
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Shelfmark: MSS. Pac. s. 90 Vol. 14, fols. 300-301
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates:
8 Dec 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