Cavenagh Letterbook [10]

A volume of Sir Orfeur Cavenagh's private letterbooks from his time as Governor of the Straits Settlements (Singapore, Malaya, and Penang) from 1859-1867. Materials included also provide insight into his military career in India and Nepal (1837 -1858). Orfeur was an army officer and colonial governor (1820-1891), who served as the last India-appointed Governor of the Straits Settlements. Topics mentioned in this volume include discussing his correspondence with the King of Siam, updates on the hiring and transfers of new and old positions, and the latest on the Straits Settlements.

In Collection:

• Cavenagh Family Collection

Creator

• Cavenagh, Orfeur

Subject

• History
• Colonies
• Cavenagh, Orfeur
• Families
• Great Britain. Army
• Governors
• East India Company
• Armies--Officers
• Politics and government
• Cavenagh (family)

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 3, 1864 to September 26, 1865

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 125 pages ; 23 x 19 cm

Geographic coverage

• Malaysia--Malacca (Malacca)
• Malaysia--Pulau Pinang (State)
• Asia--Straits Settlements
• Singapore

Coordinates

• 2.25, 102.25
• 5.37292, 100.24963
• 1.28967, 103.85007

Additional physical characteristics

• Soft cover volume.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Cavenagh Family Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• letters (correspondence)
• manuscripts (documents)
• letter books
• handwriting
• correspondence
• diaries

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1996-067; Subseries 5, Private Letter Books; Item 2.2.10

Fonds title

• Cavenagh family fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC023

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/cavenagh-family-fonds

Date digitized

• July 2017 to September 2017

Technical note

• Scanned on TTI/Betterlight at 600 DPI by PD. Metadata by MT.

Rights

• Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only to the UVic researcher community. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/1q8b-6a62

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