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Dr David Richardson undertook a series of missions whilst Assistant Commissioner in the Tenasserim Provinces (including modern-day Thailand and Myanmar). This material includes some of his journal of his mission to Siam, and a report and letters to E.A. Blundell, Commissioner in the Tenasserim Provinces.

Letter from Dr David Richardson to E.A. Blundell, Civil Commissioner in the Tenasserim Provinces, to report his return from the court of Siam and to forward a short abstract of his journey. There follows an account of his journey and of his time at the court of Siam. This seems to be a rough draft with corrections and annotations.

Letter from David Richardson to E.A. Blundell to send a report on the information in his possession concerning the "outrage committed by the Laos [Shous] on their Birman frontier". He begins his account with information dating from 1837 and gives a report of the politics that he knows about the area. He reports on the different chiefs and their interactions. The letter is dated August 31st 183[9]. It appears to be a draft as it contains corrections and annotations.

"Journal of a Mission from the Supreme Government of India to the Court of Siam" covering the dates 18 December 1838 - August 16th 1839. The Journal is incomplete. The journal gives accounts of the journey, the places at which Richardson stopped, and of his time in Bangkok. Not every day is represented in this account, and there are edits and annotations on the journal, possibly in a different hand.