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An unsigned letter, possibly written by Hutchinson, concerning suggestions and corrections for a manuscript connected with Phaulkon. Typed sheet.

Page 32, beginning with "to promote a firm alliance..." A single typed sheet which mentions the King of Siam and Monsieur de Chaumont. The page is damaged so not all the text is readable.

A slightly tinted version of the same photograph catalogued as EWH/4/4, which shows a crowned Buddhist sculpture in kneeling position found on the side of a gate.

Appendix III, titled "The Phaulkon Legend Exposed". Typed notes.

"The People in Between": A poem written by an undergraduate of Clare College, Cambridge University concerning the people caught in fighting housed at the Mission in Kontum. The Battle of Kontum began in mid-1971, with a North Vietnam offensive.

Extracts taken from the Records of relations between Siam and Foreign Countries in the 17th Century. 10 typed pages.

Printers block for the plates published in Hutchinson's "Adventurers in Siam in the Seventeenth Century". These are:

• Plate I: Outline Map of Siam
• Plate II: Ancient Ayudhya, as Reconstructed by a Modern Artist
• Plate III: Outline Map of the overland route between Mergui and the Gulf of Siam
• Plate IV: Outline Map, showing position of Siam in relation to her neighbours in the Seventeenth century
• Plate V: French plan of Ayudhya (Seventeenth century)
• Plate VI: Modern River Scene at Ayudhya above Site of Dutch settlement
• Plate VII: Dutch Map (Seventeenth century) of the Menam near Ayudhya
• Plate VIII: Phaulkon
• Plate IX: Siamese envoys to Louis XIV
• Plate X: Monseigneur Pallu
• Plate XI: Dutch sketch plan of Ayudhya
• Plate XII: Medallion commemorating a Siamese Embassy to France
• Plate XIII: M. de Chaumont presents a letter from King Louis to King Narai
• Plate XIV: Seventeenth century engraving (French) of Siamese State Vehicle for Royal Gifts, Letters, etc.
• Plate XV: Ambassadeurs de Siam, Louis XIV receives Kōsā Pan's Embassy
• Plate XVI: (1) Mergui from Pataw (2) Pataw-Patit from Mergui.
• Plate XVII: Ruins of Royal Palace at Lop'burī
• Plate XVIII: Phaulkon's seal on his letter to M. Fermanelle (2 blocks
  *) Plate XIX: Tale Chupsôn - Ruins of the Palace
• Plate XX: Seventeenth century map of the Menam from Ayudhya to the sea
• Plate XXI: Carved wooden ornament, reputed to have come from Phaulkon's house at Lop'burī
• Plate XXII: Ruins of Phaulkon's house at Lop'burī
• Plate XXIII: Southern bend of river at Ayudhya
• Plate XXIV: Phaulkon's letter to the Siamese students in Paris
• Plate XXV: Signature of Phaulkon's letter to Père de la Chaise
• Plate XXVI: Phaulkon's letter to the Pope
• Plate XXVII: A Modern Plan of Ayudhya

Some of these blocks show signs of deterioration of the metal. Care is needed in handling them.

This series consists of printed material found within the collections:

History Textbooks in Thai Notes chronologiques sur les missions jésuites du Siam au XVII siècle "Extract from Missions Catholiques by Henri Bernard" Plate of Chaumont's reception by the King of Siam

Plate of an engraving that shows Chaumont's reception by the King of Siam. The original is copyrighted by Bibliothèque nationale, Paris (Estampe C.7941).

The photographs include three sets of photographic copies of manuscripts and individual photographs of sites, probably in Thailand.