Cavenagh Letterbook [01]

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 discussed in this volume include, requests for information about the areas, reports, and correspondence with the Rajah of Acheen.

In Collection:

• Cavenagh Family Collection

Creator

• Cavenagh, Orfeur

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• December 5, 1859 to December 15, 1860

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 115 pages ; 23 x 19 cm

Geographic coverage

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

Coordinates

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

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

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

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1996-067; Subseries 5, Private Letter Books; Item 2.2.1

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/avk5-hv18

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