Penang documents

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

  • Reference
    • GB 115 RCS/RCMS 105
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1817-1826
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • .01 cubic metre(s) 1 archival box and two folders. paper

Scope and Content

The collection includes:
1. Official appointment by the East India Company of John Alexander Bannerman as Governor of Prince of Wales Island (Penang), 1817.
2. Letter of notification and official appointment of William Edward Phillips to succeed Bannerman, 1820.
3. Miscellaneous items associated with Phillips, 1819-26, chiefly relating to his appointment as governor and his retirement in 1824.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

On indefinite loan from Mrs. W.E. Williams, 1973.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Additional Information

This collection level description was entered by MJC.