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Correspondence of Lt Col William Farquhar, Resident at Singapore.

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/542

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IOR/H/542
Title
Correspondence of Lt Col William Farquhar, Resident at Singapore.
Date
1820-1825
Description

(1) pp. 1-50, Memorial to Court of Directors (1824) of Lieut.-Col. William Farquhar, Resident at Singapore 1819 to 1823, and removed from his Civil Office on 28th April 1823 and from command of the Garrison on 22nd May by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough (Original Draft). He was succeeded as Resident by Dr. John Crawfurd, author of the History of the Indian Archipelago and the Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands. (2) pp. 51-169, Appendix to Memorial and other Papers, consisting of Letters to and from P. Auber, George Bonham (Assistant to Resident), A. Guthrie, Charles Halhed (Assistant Secretary, Fort Marlborough), Lieut. L. Nelson Hull (Acting Secretary to Lieutenant-Governor), W. Jennings (Secretary to Lieutenant-Governor), A. L. Johnston, C. Lushington (Chief Secretary, Bengal), G. Mackenzie, C. T. Metcalfe (Chief Secretary, Bengal), Lord Minto, D. S. Napier, Lieut.-Col. Nicol (Adjutant-General, Calcutta), W. Petrie, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, 1820-23. (3) pp. 171-2, Farquhar to Joseph Dart (Secretary to Court of Directors) 2nd May 1825 (Original).

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Q/ISC/84
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English
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Correspondence of Lt Col William Farquhar, Resident at Singapore.