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Francis Henry Dallas: Correspondence
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/79
What's it about?
PRO 30/79
This series consists of letters written to Francis Henry Dallas who was treasurer of the State of Sarawak from 1903 until his retirement in 1917. Most of the correspondence is from the second Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke,...
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PRO 30/79
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Title (The name of the record)
- Francis Henry Dallas: Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1902-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of letters written to Francis Henry Dallas who was treasurer of the State of Sarawak from 1903 until his retirement in 1917. Most of the correspondence is from the second Rajah of Sarawak, Sir Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke, including letters to the Rajah which were forwarded to Dallas for his attention or from the Rajah's son Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, the Rajah Muda.
There are few letters written by Dallas himself although his comments or replies are occasionally added at the end of a letter received.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The correspondence is arranged chronologically.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Dallas, Francis Henry, 1865-1920
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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16 file(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Asia
- Pay and pensions
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Francis Henry Dallas was treasurer of the State of Sarawak from 1903 until his retirement in 1917
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12025/
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Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Francis Henry Dallas: Correspondence
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