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Papers concerning mission of Hiram Cox to Ava (Burma).

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/480

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This record is a file about the Papers concerning mission of Hiram Cox to Ava (Burma). dating from 1796-1798.

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Reference

IOR/H/480

Title

Papers concerning mission of Hiram Cox to Ava (Burma).

Date

1796-1798

Description

(1) pp. i-viii, List of Contents. (It is not clear to what the Pagination of this List refers.) (2) pp. 1-643, Proceedings of the Council of Fort William 1797 to 1798 relative to reports of Hiram Cox (Captain of Infantry and Resident at Rangoon) and his deputation to the Court of Ava, with relevant papers, including, pp. 56-413, Narrative Extracts from Capt. Hiram Cox's Diary 15th Sept. 1796 to 23rd Nov. 1797; pp. 419-22, List of Papers; pp. 422-549, Memorials to the Ava Government and letters from J. B. Reeves, G. G. Lane and Giles Avery to Cox, representing their grievances against the Burmans (The 'Journal of a Residence in the Burman Empire and more particularly at the Court of Amarapoorah by Capt. Hiram Cox' is a revised selection from Capt. Cox's Diary made by his son, Henry C. M. Cox, and printed with illustrations in 1821.)

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference

Q/ISC/33

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Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

1 volume

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/776a3ed0-7e41-47dd-9708-4840ed311624/

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IOR/H/457-479

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Papers concerning mission of Hiram Cox to Ava (Burma).