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Data(s)
- 1824 - 1846 (Produção)
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Dimensão e suporte
1 manuscript +photocopied material handwritten
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Nome do produtor
História biográfica
James Low was born in 1791 at Causland in Scotland. Low graduated from Edinburgh College and was then nominated for a cadetship in the East India Company's Madras Army in 1812. He was accepted and embarked from Portsmouth on the East Indiaman, Astell,… read more
Entidade detentora
História do arquivo
These papers were probably created by Low Some other material from Low was presented to the Society in 1835. However as these items bear a second date of 1846, it is not possible that they were presented at the same time.
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
It is unknown how these Papers came to be with the Royal Asiatic Society.
Zona do conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
"Journal of a Mission to the Government of some of the Lower Provinces of Siam". A handwritten unbound manuscript of 94 sides describing James Low's Mission to the Rajah of Ligor in 1824. The manuscript is dated 1824 but there is a postscript explaining… read more
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Condições de acesso
Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email.… read more
Condiçoes de reprodução
Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Idioma do material
- inglês
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Unidades de descrição relacionadas
These papers were found with artworks made by James Low and the Chinese or Thai artist, 'Book Khan'. These artworks were intended for Low's "History of Tennasserim". Further details of these and other items by Low can be found on our Library Catalogue: https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/.
Pontos de acesso
Pontos de acesso - Assuntos
Pontos de acesso - Locais
Pontos de acesso - Nomes
- Low James 1791-1852 (Assunto)
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Nota do arquivista
These papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.