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[BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY] - John CANNING (c 1756-1804) and Capt Michael HOGAN (1766-1833)Biblio.com

Archive of seven diplomatic credential letters borne by H.C.S. Marquis Cornwallis to the rulers of the Indonesian and Philippine archipelago

1796398421796. The archive comprises: 1. Autograph letter signed "John Canning." Bifolium 13 x 8 1/4 inches 21 lines in fine Malay Jawi with Arabic opening formula docketed "Calcutta 10 Dec 1796"; octagonal red-wax armorial seal of the Canning family. Letter requests that local rulers receive Capt. Hogan "as our agent. to conclude a treaty advantageous to both sides" dated 22 Jumada II 1211 / 10 Dec 1796. 2. to 5. 4 Paper wrappers. English addresses in a copperplate hand & parallel Jawi headings each with intact Canning seal. Addressed to the Sultan of Magindanao King of Mempawah Borneo King of Bali Sultan of Borneo. 6. to 8. 3 Yellow-silk diplomatic covers. Golden satin sleeves with paper address bands in two languages; two remain unopened and sealed. Addressed to the Sultan of Johor unopened King of Sumbawa unopened Sultan of Sulu wrapper only. An exceptional archive uniting British Malay and Islamic manuscript traditions that captures the East India Company’s first concerted overtures to the island-states of Southeast Asia. Drafted in the wake of the Dutch East India Company's collapse and the French Revolutionary Wars this archive documents the East India Company's first concerted diplomatic overtures to the maritime courts of the Malay world. With Dutch control unraveling after the 1795 Batavian Revolution Britain saw a strategic opportunity to enter the lucrative Spice Island trade. Lacking on-the-ground alliances the Company turned to private initiative: Captain Michael Hogan an Irish-American merchant and former convict transport captain was enlisted as unofficial envoy aboard his ship Marquis Cornwallis. The diplomatic texts were composed by Captain John Goodall Canning then Harbour-Master of the port in refined court Malay using Jawi script the Islamic-inflected lingua franca of diplomacy from Aceh to Sulu. In keeping with regional tradition the letters open with Islamic invocation and florid honorifics followed by carefully phrased expressions of friendship and commercial intent. The surviving autograph letter fixes the date of the mission and declares its purpose: "to plant affection and concord and if Your Highness deem it good to enter with us into a compact benefiting both realms." After disembarking convicts in Port Jackson Sydney in February 1796 the Marquis Cornwallis passed northward through Torres Strait calling at New Guinea the Moluccas and ports across the Java Sea almost certainly delivering these and parallel documents en route. The silk wrappers signal the elevated diplomatic status of the messages which were meant to be presented in person by Hogan and opened only in the presence of the addressee. The present archive offers a rare and vivid glimpse into the hybrid ceremonial linguistic and political world of early modern Southeast Asia and into the improvisational diplomacy of the Company at the edge of empire. unknown

Donald Heald Rare Books · États-Unis6 500,00 $US≈ 5 499,65 €

India Girl's EducationBiblio.com

Archive of Missionary Girls School in Punjab India 1941-42

1941208861941. Archive of photographs and documents from the A.P. Mission City School in Ambala Punjab 1941-1942 documents girls' education within a missionary institution during the late colonial period and the Second World War. The material records classroom instruction extracurricular activity and community interaction alongside written accounts by an American missionary teacher Anita Gregson whose correspondence and annual report situate the school within wartime conditions and broader educational initiatives. The archive provides primary evidence of how girls' education was structured and experienced in northern India under British rule including literacy training vocational activity and the integration of local and missionary communities. Twenty two black and white and sepia photographs measuring approximately 2 x 3 to 3 x 5 inches many with handwritten or typed captions on verso likely by Anita Gregson; accompanied by one typed letter dated June 14 1942 and one annual report for the 1941-1942 school year. Photographs depict students in classroom settings including a "training class girl teaching a second grade nature study class" as well as scenes of recreation such as a badminton club for teachers and missionaries. Additional images show students engaged in craft work including one captioned "Achcheri. with her patch quilt" alongside views of village life in Punjab with oxen carts textile work and local architecture. Three photographs document refugees traveling toward Pakistan in the years following the Lahore Resolution. Gregson's letter references wartime uncertainty noting concerns about possible bombing in India while the annual report details financial strain fundraising efforts and adult literacy instruction for women. Created during a period of political tension and transition in British India when wartime mobilization coincided with growing nationalist movements and debates over independence the archive situates education within both imperial and local frameworks. The documentation of women's literacy and schooling aligns with broader efforts that contributed to gradual increases in female education prior to independence and the Partition of India. As a combined photographic and documentary record the material supports research into gender education colonial institutions and everyday life in wartime South Asia. Minor wear consistent with handling; manuscript and printed materials remain legible; overall very good condition. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis550,00 $US≈ 465,35 €

Kyaiklat, Burma, British India December 18, 1943 - June 6, 1944Biblio.com

Archive of correspondence between the India Independence League and M.S.M. Somasundram Chettiar.

1943010675Kyaiklat Burma British India 1943. Handwritten. Very Good. Loose Leaf. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Correspondence from Chettiar in Tamil from IIL in English. 9 letters from Chettiar and IIL in manuscript and typescript; 10 pieces of correspondence from IIL on note cards with IIL letterhead; 1 IIL membership card for Chettiar. CONDITION: Overall Very Good old folds some splitting and tape repairs along folds of documents by IIL but Chettiar's letters largely free of wear or tear text legible throughout. All documents now housed in sleeves that are mounted onto backing but it remains easy to remove documents from enclosures. This collection contains English translations of Chettiar's letters presumably made by the previous owner who also wrote captions describing each piece of correspondence on their respective mounts. An evocative collection of correspondence document- ing an Indian nationalist organization's coercion of funds from a member of a prominent money-lending Burmese-Tamil family. These letters show the Indian Independence League's attempt to extort money from a wealthy man whom they had identified as being in a position to help "free India from bondage and for the maintenance of the Indian National Army." This was M.S.M. Somasundarum Chettiar a 63-year-old merchant who operated his business on Strand Road in Kyaiklat a town in the Pyapon District of Burma. A recent historical study by Suppiah and Raja on the Chettiar families of Burma suggests that Somasundaram was part of a "distinguished ethnic group comprising the business class among Malaysian Indian-Tamils" who made their fortunes by lending money to the Indian working class in Burma. The Chettiar ethnic group boasted "a centuries long tradition as an indigenous banking caste in South India" and thus due to a combination of "stringent business regulations during British colonialism in the Madras Presidency and economic opportunities in the newly opened British colonies in Southeast Asia" both the Indian working class in Burma and members of the Straits Settlement Chinese utilized "Chettiar agents in order to conduct bank transactions.in the middle of the nineteenth century." This reliance upon the Chettiar's services only increased by the turn of the twen- tieth century as the demand rose for rubber and tin made in Southeast Asia. As "local Chinese and Malays with only small and medium capital sources relied on loans from Chettiar agents to develop land plant rubber and open mines.Chettiar agents" became "known as the leading moneylenders" in late-colonial Burma. Somasundaram would thus have been part of a known community of capitalists "who accumulated capital for further expansion of their activities at the expense of the Indian working class." The Indian Independence League and the Indian National Army were closely intertwined movements during WWII both led by Subhas Chandra Bose and governed by the Azad Hind Provisional Government in Exile.They worked to unite the Indian diaspora in Southeast Asia to support the cause of independence and sought military support from Japan to facilitate an armed wing for their movement. Primary source documentation of the Azad Hind government's activities is scant institutionally. We locate a scrapbook created by a member of the Indian National Army held at the Institute of Social Research in the Netherlands and a letter from Subhas Chandra Bose asking for a loan from the Hikari Kikan of Syonan held by the National Library Board of Singapore. This would be the only comparable collection held in North America.A rich collection of correspondence highlighting the conflicting poles between Indian diasporic wealth and Indian nationalists' aspirations for the nation's self-rule listing credit Pico Banerjee Peek A Boo Rare Books & Ephemera . unknown

Dale Steffey Books, ABAA · États-Unis4 000,00 $US≈ 3 384,40 €

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