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From:
James Brooke
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
1 April [1853]
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 f. 1
Summary:

No summary available.

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From:
James Brooke
To:
Charles Thomas Constantine Grant
Date:
[18-19 Feb. 1855]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House: MSS. Pac. S. 90
Summary:

James Brooke is expecting ARW to join a tour of western Sarawak which he is preparing (page 9) (he didn't). The rest of the letter relates to Grant (his family, past work and future plans as a government official) and Sarawak's political and domestic affairs.

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From:
James Brooke
To:
John Brooke Johnson Brooke (formerly Johnson)
Date:
[28-31 Dec. 1855]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House: MSS. Pac. S. 90
Summary:

ARW has queried the reported size of an orangutan (pages 10 and 11) in a letter full of domestic and political detail about Sarawak.

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From:
James Brooke
To:
John Brooke Johnson Brooke (formerly Johnson)
Date:
[27 Jan.-7 Feb. 1856]
Source of text:
Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House: MSS. Pac. S. 90
Summary:

ARW is at Peninjau with James Brooke, Spenser St John and his brother (page 1) but is about to leave soon, which causes Brooke to give a pleasing character description (page 5), in a letter otherwise full of domestic and political detail about Sarawak.

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From:
James Brooke
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
4 July 1856
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 ff. 2-5
Summary:

No summary available.

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From:
James Brooke
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
5 November 1856
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 ff. 6-8
Summary:

No summary available.

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From:
James Brooke
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
31 October 1857
Source of text:
  • Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/9/32
  • Wallace, A. R. (1869). In: The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, With Studies of Man and Nature. Vol. 1. London: Macmillan & Co. [p. 98]
Summary:

No summary available.

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From:
James Brooke
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
12 December 1858
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 JAMES BROOKE
Summary:

Brooke requests a copy of ARW’s papers relating to Sarawak and Sadong. [Wallace, A. R. 1856. Notes of a Journey Up the Sadong River, North-West Borneo. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, 1(6): 193-205.]

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From:
James Brooke
To:
Henry Norton Shaw
Date:
24 December 1858
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB4 1851-60 JAMES BROOKE
Summary:

Brooke returns ARW’s papers relating to Sarawak and Sadong. [Wallace, A. R. 1856. Notes of a Journey Up the Sadong River, North-West Borneo. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, 1(6): 193-205.] He is critical of ARW’s views on the tendency of the Dayaks towards extinction. Brooke is unwell and expresses a “cool” attitude towards the signs of death.

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