Arquivo JL - Papers of James Low

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Código de referência

GB 891 JL

Título

Papers of James Low

Data(s)

  • 1824 - 1846 (Produção)

Nível de descrição

Arquivo

Dimensão e suporte

1 manuscript +photocopied material handwritten

Zona do contexto

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

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 explainingread more

Zona de condições de acesso e utilização

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

Zona de documentação associada

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

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Identificador da descrição

gb891-jl

Nota do arquivista

These papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.