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Series Add MS 12582. Secret letters from Court of Directors to Governors in India, 1796
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Expeditions against Malacca and Moluccas, 1796 (Item ff.7v- 8r)
Expedition against Moluccas, 1796 (Item ff.20r-v)
Orders expedition against Manila, 9 November 1796 (Item ff.24 -27)
Series Add MSS 13393-13396. General letters, in the Public Department, from the Court of Directors to the Governor General in Council, 1798 - 1804
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General Letters, May 1798 - October 1799 (File Add MS 13393)
Administration of Prince of Wales Island, 25 May 1798 (Item ff.15v-16r)
Appointment of J. Baird as Master Attendant at Prince of Wales Island, 25 May 1798 (Item ff.40r-v)
Measures to prevent exports of spirits from India to N.S.W., 31 October 1799 (Item f.94)
General Letters, May 1800 - March 1801 (File Add MS 13394)
Spice plantations at Prince of Wales Island, 7 May 1800 (Item ff.14v-15r)
Appointment of Superintendent at Prince of Wales Island, 28 August 1800 (Item ff.30r-v)
Appointment of Master Attendant at Prince of Wales Island, 28 August 1800 (Item f.31r)
Articles shipped to N.S.W. not to be imported into India (Item f.35r)
Resources of Moluccas, 26 March 1801 (Item ff.64r-v)
Convicts from N.S.W. settling in India, 26 March 1801 (Item f.69v)
Income of officers of Bencoolen Establishment (Item ff.118r-19v)
General Letters, March 1802 - September 1803 (File Add MS 13395)
Appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of Prince of Wales Island, 3 March 1802 (Item ff.9v-10r)
Illegal traffic in spices in Moluccas, 3 March 1802 (Item f.12r)
Diversion of packet Swallow to N.S.W, 6 October 1802 (Item ff.46v-47v)
Storeship Cato to sail from N.S.W. to Bombay, 5 January 1803 (Item f.57r)
Spice plantations on Prince of Wales Island, 28 September 1803 (Item ff.114r-v)
Clandestine trade between Batavia and Europe, 28 September 1803 (Item ff.115v-16r)
Establishment of shipbuilding works on Prince of Wales Island, 28 September 1803 (Item f.119r)
General Letters, February 1804 (File Add MS 13396)
Appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of Prince of Wales Island, 29 February 1804 (Item f.7v)
Spice plantations on Prince of Wales Island, 29 February 1804 (Item ff.17v-19v)
Supply of clove and nutmeg seeds from Moluccas, 29 February 1804 (Item ff.19v-20r)
Transportation of convicts to Prince of Wales Island, 29 February 1804 (Item ff.23r-v)
Cessation of land by King of Quida, 29 February 1804 (Item f.23v-24r)
Includes letter discussing duty on exports from Prince of Wales Island.
Disposal of marine stores at Prince of Wales Island, 29 February 1804 (Item f.24v)
Series Add MSS 13397-13400. General letters in the Commercial Department, from the Court of Directors to the Governor General in Council, 1799 - 1804
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General Letters, March 1799 (File Add MS 13397)
Cargoes to be carried on N.S.W. convict ships, 13 March 1799 (Item ff.23r-v)
General Letters, August 1802 (File Add MS 13399)
Keema shells from Bencoolen, 4 August 1802 (Item ff.102v-3r)
General Letters, August 1804 (File Add MS 13400)
Spices from Sumatra, 31 August 1804 (Item ff.99v-100v)
Series Add MSS 13400-13405. General letters in the Military Department, from the Court of Directors to the Governor General in Council, 1801 - 1803
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Correspondence, June 1801 (File Add MS 13403)
Account of supplies to Malacca and Moluccas, 10 June 1801 (Item 39v)
Letters in the Law Department, from the Court of Directors to the Governor General in Council, March 1803 (File Add MS 13408)
Measures to prevent convicts from N.S.W. settling in India, 8 March 1803 (Item ff.14v-15r)
Series Add MSS 13411-13420. General letters from the Governor General in Council to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, 1803
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General Letters, April 1803 (File Add MS 13416)
Restitution of French and Dutch possessions in East Indies; appointment of R. Farquhar as Commissioner for restitution of Malacca and Moluccas, 22 April 1803 (Item ff.75-79)
Series Add MSS 13429-13432. General letters, in the Public Department, from the Governor General in Council to the Court of Directors, 1798 - 1805
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General Letters, December 1798 - July 1801 (File Add MS 13429)
Appointment of J. Baird as Master Attendant at Prince of Wales Island, 25 December 1798 (Item f.21v)
Cultivation of spices at Prince of Wales Island, 25 December 1798 (Item f.32v)
Prevention of convicts from N.S.W. settling in India, 31 December 1799 (Item f.69v)
Convicts from N.S.W. settling at Calcutta, 8 July 1800 (Item ff.80-82)
Convicts from N.S.W. brought to India on Hunter, 14 August 1800 (Item ff.83-85)
Prohibition of export of spirits to N.S.W., 2 September 1800 (Item f.96r)
Affairs of Prince of Wales Island, 2 September 1800 (Item ff.100r-2r)
Appointment of Superintendent of Prince of Wales Island, 31 July 1801 (Item ff.149r-51r)
Prevention of import of articles intended for N.S.W., 31 July 1801 (Item ff.152v-53r)
General Letters, April 1802 - October 1802 (File Add MS 13430)
Plants and seeds from Amboyna, 5 April 1802 (Item ff.26v-27r)
Prevention of N.S.W. convicts settling in India, 5 April 1802 (Item ff.30v-31r)
Allowances to M. Flinders and officers of Investigator, 5 April 1802 (Item f.35r)
Allowances to officers of Investigator, 5 April 1802 (Item f.49r)
Affairs of Prince of Wales Island, 5 April 1802 (Item ff.71r-v)
Appointment of Superintendent of Prince of Wales Island, 30 October 1802 (Item ff.103v-4v)
Discovery of Bass Strait; map of G. Black, 30 October 1802 (Item ff.116r-17r)
Spice plantations on Prince of Wales Island and Moluccas (Item ff.138r-39r)
General Letters, March 1803 - January 1804 (File Add MS 13431)
Affairs of Prince of Wales Island, 21 March 1803 (Item ff.16v-18v)
Appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of Prince of Wales Island, 13 January 1804 (Item ff.43v-47r)
Affairs of Prince of Wales Island, 13 January 1804 (Item ff.61v-64r)
Relations with N.S.W., 13 January 1804 (Item ff.84r-85v)
General Letters, January 1805 - June 1805 (File Add MS 13432)
Cultivation of spices on Bencoolen and Prince of Wales Island, 18 January 1805 (Item ff.14r-v)
Appointment of Lieutenant-Governor of Prince of Wales Island, 18 January 1805 (Item ff.29v-30v)
Duty on exports from Prince of Wales Island, 18 January 1805 (Item ff.40r-v)
Introduction of vaccine innoculation in Sumatra and Prince of Wales Island, 18 January 1805 (Item f.42r)
Affairs of Prince of Wales Island, 18 January 1805 (Item ff.52v-54r)
Relations with N.S.W., 18 January 1805 (Item ff.62v-64r)
Spice plantations at Sumatra and Prince of Wales Island, 18 January 1805 (Item ff.66v-67r)
Affairs of Prince of Wales Island, 22 March 1805 (Item ff.92r-95v)
Reduction in expenses of Prince of Wales Island, 4 June 1805 (Item ff.110v-11r)
Series Add MSS 13444-13445. General letters, in the Law Department, from the Governor General in Council to the Court of Directors, 1801 - 1804
General Letters, July 1801 - March 1804 (File Add MS 13444)
Prevention of convicts from entering India, prosecution of Hunter for infringing East India Company monopoly, 3 July 1801 (Item ff.61r-62r)
Prevention of N.S.W. convicts from settling in India, 1 March 1804 (Item 134r)
Series Add MSS 13450-13451. Draft letters from Wellesley to Secret Committee of Court of Directors, 1801
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General Letters, September 1801 (File Add MS 13451)
All papers on expedition against Batavia sent to Lord Lewisham, 28 September 1801 (Item ff.68-69)
Series Add MSS 13456-13457. Letters from Wellesley to H. Dundas, President of Board of Control, 1801
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General Letters, March 1801 (File Add MS 13457)
Reasons for postponing attack on Batavia; plans to capture Isle de France, 7 March 1801 (Item ff.66-86)
Letters from Wellesley to Lord Lewisham, President of Board of Control, September 1801 (File Add MS 13460)
Sends papers on expedition against Batavia, 28 September 1801 (Item ff.1-4)
Series Add MSS 13461-13463. Enclosures in letters from Wellesley to Lord Lewisham, 1800 - 1801
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Correspondence, May 1800 - November 1800 (File Add MS 13461)
Papers concerning the proposed invasion of Java and Isle de France. The correspondents include the Governor-General of Batavia, F. North, Lord Clive, J. Duncan, Col. A. Wellesley, Col. Champagne, Admiral P. Rainier, Admiral Blankett and Sir Roger Curtis.
Correspondence, December 1800 - February 1801 (File Add MS 13462)
Wellesley to Admiral P. Rainier, 6 December 1800 (Item ff.100-5)
Attack on Isle de France; plans to resume expedition against Batavia.
Admiral P. Rainier to Wellesley, 20 December 1800 (Item ff.106-11)
Raising of blockade of Batavia.
Draft of proposed capitulation of Batavia (Item ff.168-71)
Wellesley to Governor-General of Batavia, 5 February 1801 (Item ff.172-75)
Urges surrender.
Additional secret instructions to Civil Commissioner at Batavia (Item ff.196-205)
Series Add MS 13469. Letters from Wellesley to Lord Hobart Secretary of State, 1801 - 1803
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All papers on expedition against Batavia sent to Lord Lewisham, 28 September 1801 (Item ff.17-18)
Dutch possessions in East Indies not to be evacuated until further orders; appointment of Commissioners for carrying out restitution, 20 April 1803 (Item ff.26-28)
Return of French and Dutch possessions in East Indies, 20 June 1803 (Item f.31)
Orders to detain all French and Dutch vessels, 25 September 1803 (Item f.32)
Restitution of Dutch settlements in Moluccas, 15 November 1803 (Item ff.34-35)
Series Add MS 13470. Letters from Lord Hobart to Wellesley, 1803
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Resumption of hostilities; Wellesley authorised to recapture Dutch settlements but not to invade Java or Isle de France, 16 May 1803 (Item ff.107r-8v)
Series Add MS 13709. Papers on expeditions against Batavia and Red Sea, 1801
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G.H. Barlow to C. Stokes, 5 February 1801 (Item ff.1-2)
Appointment as Agent and Inspector of Transports for expedition against Batavia and Isle de France.
G.H. Barlow to C. Stokes, 10 February 1801 (Item ff.7-13)
Expedition to Batavia to be sent to Red Sea to expel French from Egypt.
Wellesley to Col. Champagne, 6 February 1801 (Item ff.129-31)
Appointment as counsellor of expedition to Batavia.
Series Add MS 13710. Drafts of letters from Wellesley to various persons, 1802
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Wellesley to Governor P.G. King, 31 March 1802 (Item ff.102-3)
Return of escaped convict T. Parnell; recommends he be pardoned or only punished lightly.
Wellesley to Governor P.G. King, 31 March 1802 (Item ff.134-35)
Acknowledges J. Black's map of Bass Strait; notes his recommendation of Tennant, commander of Earl Cornwallis.
Series Add MS 13712. Drafts of letters from Wellesley to various persons, 1804 - 1805
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Wellesley to Governor P.G. King, 2 March 1804 (Item ff.151-152)
Pardon granted to Bellasis, late of East India Company military establishment; his work on batteries and artillery of N.S.W.
Wellesley to Lord William Bentinck, 11 November 1804 (Item ff.184-85)
Character and career of R. Farquhar, Lieutenant Governor of Prince of Wales Island.
Wellesley to R. Farquhar, May 1805 (Item ff.203- 4)
Farquhar's removal from Prince of Wales Island; offers assistance.
Series Add MS 13713. Copies of letters from Wellesley to various persons, 1800
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Verbal statement and examination of T. Parnell, convict escaped from N.S.W. on Minerva, 9 June 1800 (Item ff.50-53)
Series Add MSS 13717-13718. Letters and instructions from Wellesley concerning expeditions against Batavia and Ceylon, 1801
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Letters, February 1801 (File MS 13717)
Folios 1-42 relate to the Batavian expedition. Correspondents include General D. Baird, Col. Champagne, and R.C. Birch.
Letters, February 1801 (File MS 13718)
Folios 1-83 relate to the Batavian expedition. Correspondents include General D. Baird, Col. Champagne, R.C. Birch and C. Stokes.
Series Add MS 13751. Copies of letters from Wellesley to Admiral P. Rainier, 1800
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Need to observe Dutch at Malacca and to strengthen garrison, 27 March 1800 (Item ff.44r-48v)
Possibility of Government of Batavia placing itself under British protection; military force needed; naval blockade of Batavia, 9 May 1800 (Item ff.48v-55v)
Intelligence from Batavia, 19 May 1800 (Item ff.57r-58r)
Instructions for expedition against Batavia; military and civil arrangements following Dutch surrender, 22 May 1800 (Item ff.58v-70v)
Command of expedition against Batavia, 6 June 1800 (Item ff.71v-72r)
Additional instructions for expedition against Batavia, 6 June 1800 (Item ff.72v-76r)
Command of land forces, 6 June 1800 (Item 76v, 77r-81v)
Includes letter discussing need to postpone expedition against Batavia owing to orders to strengthen British forces in Egypt, 1800-06-21.
Postponement of expedition; continuance of blockade of Batavia, 24 August 1800 (Item ff.82r-88r)
Renewal of preparations for expedition against Batavia, 29 August 1800 (Item ff.90r-92r)
Series Add MS 13752. Copies of letters from Wellesley to various naval officers, 1801 - 1803
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Series Add MS 13753. Correspondence between Major M. Shawe and various naval officers, 1803 - 1804
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Admiral P. Rainier to Capt. W. Bathurst, 28 December 1803 (Item ff.17r-18r)
Refers to building of hospital at Penang.
M. Shawe to Capt. W. Kent, 8 February 1804 (Item ff.19r-20r)
Thanks for offer to provide protection to ships; purpose of voyage from N.S.W.
Capt. W. Kent (Calcutta) to M. Shawe, 25 February 1804 (Item f.75r)
Letters from Wellesley for N.S.W.
Capt. B. Page to M. Shawe, 13 February 1804 (Item ff.77r-79v)
Account of activities of Caroline at Penang and in Eastern Seas.
J. Lumsden to M. Shawe, 4 February 1804 (Item ff.94r-95v)
Allowances claimed by Capt. W. Kent of BuffaloBuffalo, sent from N.S.W. to obtain supplies.
Capt. W. Kent to Wellesley, 31 January 1804 (Item ff.96r-v)
Claims allowances granted to ships in India.
Captain J. Cramer to Wellesley, 24 July 1804 (Item f.105r)
Information on French expedition against Prince of Wales Island.
Capt. B. Page (Penang) to M. Shawe, 31 August 1804 (Item ff.114r-15r)
Activities of Caroline in Eastern Seas.
Series Add MS 13755. Correspondence between Wellesley and Sir Edward Pellew, 1805
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Sir Edward Pellew to Wellesley, 20 June 1805 (Item ff.87r-91r)
Sends chart of Eastern Seas and list showing locations of ships of East Indies Station.
Series Add MS 13757. Letters from Sir Home Popham and Admiral P. Rainier, 1801
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Sir Home Popham to Wellesley, 20 August 1801 (Item ff.8-13)
Memorandum on proposed expedition against Batavia.
Sir Home Popham. Memorandum on importance of capture of Batavia, 23 August 1801 (Item ff.30-32)
Sir Home Popham. Memorandum on proposed attack on Batavia (Item ff.35-36)
M. Hogan to Sir Home Popham, 28 March 1801 (Item ff.43-44)
Weakness of forces and defences at Manila.
Series Add MSS 13758-13759. Letters from Admiral P. Rainier to Wellesley, 1797 - 1800
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Correspondence, 1797 - 1799 (File Add MS 13758)
Treachery of Governor of Malacca, 14 April 1799 (Item ff.103-7)
Extract from letter of Governor of Malacca advising Government at Batavia of plans for British expedition against Java, 25 April 1797 (Item f.117)
Correspondence, 1799 - 1800 (File Add MS 13759)
Destruction of Spanish stores at Manila; sends intelligence about Batavia, 24 December 1799 (Item ff.41-43)
Need to strengthen garrison at Malacca; readiness of Dutch to betray British, 21 January 1800 (Item ff.47-48)
Daedalus to protect trade in East Indies; enemy ships seen near Malacca, 21 January 1800 (Item f.51)
American ships seen near Malacca, 7 February 1800 (Item f.57)
Admiralty orders to capture Batavia on same terms as Demarary and Surinam, 6 May 1800 (Item ff.62-66)
Plans for expedition against Batavia, 23 May 1800 (Item ff.78-82)
Plans for expedition against Batavia, 1 June 1800 (Item ff.84-85)
Capture of Dutch ships near Batavia, 26 June 1800 (Item ff.91-92)
Although described individually, this letter was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of the letter described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-752403638.
Suggests East India Company cruisers be sent to Straits of Malacca, 1 July 1800 (Item f.93)
Blockade of Batavia; American ships held at Batavia Roads, 5 July 1800 (Item ff.95-98)
Postponement of expedition against Batavia; enemy privateers in Straits of Malacca, 23 July 1800 (Item ff.112-14)
Despatch of ships to Moluccas, 11 August 1800 (Item ff.118-20)
Expedition to Malacca; ships destroyed at Batavia, 19 October 1800 (Item ff.160-61)
Raising of blockade of Batavia, 20 December 1800 (Item ff.164-65)
Series Add MS 13760. Letters from Admiral P. Rainier and other naval officer, 1800 - 1801
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Admiral P. Rainier to Wellesley, 31 December 1800 (Item f.15)
Arrival of British ships at Malacca.
Admiral P. Rainier to Wellesley, 24 January 1801 (Item f.17)
Return of ships from blockade of Batavia; high mortality rate due to climate.
Return of detachment of 12th Regiment serving in blockade of Batavia, June 1800 - January 1801 (Item f.21)
Copies of correspondence between Capt. H. Ball of Daedalus and Dutch officials at Batavia, August 1800 (Item ff.22-23)
Although described individually, this letter was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of the letter described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-752403854.
List of neutral vessels detained in Batavia Roads (Item f.24)
List of vessels taken and destroyed by Capt. Ball's squadron, August 1800 - November 1800 (Item ff.26-27)
List of Dutch vessels run on shore at Batavia, 23 August 1800 (Item f.28)
Admiral P. Rainier to Wellesley, 10 August 1801 (Item ff.58-59)
Refers to strengthening of defences of Moluccas.
Series Add MS 13761. Copies of enclosures in letters from Wellesley to naval officers, 1800 - 1804
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Memoranda of intelligence about Batavia (very faded), 19 May 1800 (Item ff.28-31)
List of provisions to be sent to Malacca, 22 May 1800 (Item f.32)
Capt. D. Dundas (Batavia) to J. Scott, 5 August 1803 (Item ff.163-66)
Difficulty in selling Flora; renewal of hostilities.
J. Beeding (Batavia) to J. McTaggart, 31 August 1803 (Item ff.167-68)
Price of opium in East Indies; alarm caused by renewal of hostilities.
J. Lumsden to Capt. W. Kent, 11 February 1804 (Item f.178)
Departure of Buffalo from Calcutta.
Series Add MS 13762. Letters from Admiral P. Rainier and other naval officers, 1803 - 1805
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Capt. W. Bathurst to Wellesley, 1803 (Item ff.18-19)
Rattlesnake sent to Prince of Wales Island to protect trade from privateers.
Capt. W. Bathurst to Wellesley, 28 December 1803 (Item ff.20-23)
Increased number of armed proas in Straits of Singapore.
Admiral P. Rainier to Wellesley, 14 June 1804 (Item ff.36-41)
Refers to protection of China ships in Straits of Malacca.
Admiral P. Rainier to Wellesley, 7 March 1805 (Item ff.110-13)
Protection of China ships, including two ships from Botany Bay.
Series Add MS 13773. Copies of letters from Wellesley to Colonel A. Wellesley, 1801
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Decision to resume expedition against Batavia, to be followed by expedition to Isle de France, 26 January 1801 (Item ff.111-19)
Orders Col. Wellesley to communicate with General Baird, Admiral Rainier and R.C. Birch about Batavia, 5 February 1801 (Item ff.125-26)
Although described individually, this letter was originally microfilmed with a page from another letter. The last page of the letter described can be found at the beginning of nla.obj-752404214.
Decision to postpone expeditions against Batavia and Isle de France, 10 February 1801 (Item ff.127-28)
Series Add MS 13818. Statements on trade between Europe, India and China, 1792
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Memorandum on imports from China (Item ff.63-71)
Refers to tonnage carried on ships returning from Botany Bay.
Series Add MS 13869. Letters and papers of R.T. Farquhar in defence of his conduct at the Moluccas, 1798 - 1802
Includes a letter from Farquhar to Lord Clive protesting at his removal from the Residency of Moluccas, 22 February 1802 (pp. 19-25), memoranda and remarks on evidence referred to in the letter, 28 February 1802 (pp. 30-47), extracts from correspondence, 1798-1801 (pp. 50-151), and information on the Papuan fleet, 18 December 1800 (p. 94)...
Series Add MS 13870. Correspondence of Wellesley and Major M. Shawe with R.T. Farquhar, 1803 - 1805
Includes instructions to Farquhar on the restitution of the Dutch settlements at Malacca and Moluccas, March-May 1803 (pp. 1-56), letters from Farquhar at Prince of Wales Island, May 1804-March 1805 (pp. 65-81), memoranda on the defences and revenues of Prince of Wales Island (pp. 111-14), memorandum on British interests in Sumatra, 16 May 1805 (pp. 123-28), memorandum on the settlement at Malacca, 25 May 1805 (pp. 129-37), letters from Farquhar on his removal from the Residency of Prince of Wales Island, June 1805 (pp. 152-61), appendices on the fortifications, shipping, public works, laws, and revenues of Prince of Wales Island and its relations with the Malay States (pp. 168-225)...
Series Add MS 13874. Capt. W.C. Lennon. Journal of an expedition to the Moluccas Islands under Vice-Admiral P. Rainier in 1795 and 1796, with an account of Amboyna and Banda, 1803 - 1805
The Journal (pp. 3.61) covers the period 15 Oct. 1795-19 Aug. 1796 and includes description of Penang (pp. 7-14) and Celebes (pp. 20-23), as well as the Moluccas. The remainder of the manuscript is a description of Amboyna and Banda, with suggestions on their administration...
