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The Burmese War 1823-1828.
Catalogue reference: IOR/H/679
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- IOR/H/679
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Burmese War 1823-1828.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826-1827
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Description (What the record is about)
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(1) pp. 1-360, Enclosures in Bengal Secret Letter 23rd Feb. 1827, Mission of J. Crawfurd to the Court of Ava in 1826. See Crawfurd, Journal of an Embassy . . . Ava, 1827. (2) pp. 1-45, J. Crawfurd (Envoy to the Court of Ava) to G. Swinton (Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department) 21st Feb. 1827, Results of his Mission. (3) pp. 45-50, Commercial Treaty with Burmah concluded by J. Crawfurd 23rd Nov. 1826 (Printed in Aitchison, I, 274-6). (4) pp. 51-8, Literal Translation of the Treaty of Yandabo with the King of Burmah concluded by Major-Gen. Archibald Campbell and T. C. Robertson (Commissioners for Pegu and Ava) and Capt. H. D. Chads, R.N., 24th Feb. 1826, (The English version is printed in Aitchison, I, 271-4.) (5) pp. 61-360, Narrative of Crawfurd's Mission to Ava 1st Sept. 1826 to 25th Jan. 1827, signed by Crawfurd off Saugor 22nd Feb. 1827. (An amplified version, with Appendices of Official Instructions, &c., was published in London, 1829. This volume gives 1827 as the date of the Mission, though the latter was completed in 1826. Of the Illustrations, only the Plan of Ava by Lieut. de Montmorency appears to have been drawn by a Member of the Mission. The other Illustrations are by W. E. Reid, whose name does not occur in any of the Lists in the India Register for 1827.)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Letter 1813
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume
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Unrestricted
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/15582073-2c14-47d5-bf42-1785e14ed82d/
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IOR/H/660-680
Burmese War 1823-1828
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