Singapore. Asia - Singapore - Singapore. Inhabited place. Longitude: 103.8500. Latitude: 1.2833.
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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Journal and sketches of Singapore., 1914-1915.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/264
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1914-1915.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Papers of George Forbes.
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Travel Journals of George Forbes.
Letters of Isabella Bishop to Henrietta Bird from the Far East : Japan; Hong Kong; Canton; Singapore; Malacca and the Malay Peninsula., 1878-January 1879.
File
Identifier: MS.42021
Scope and Contents
[1878] November 5th Japan. Folios 1-12.
November 19th Japan. 13-18.
December 29th Hong Kong. 19-33.
1879 January 3rd Hong Kong and Canton. 34-45.
January 5th Canton. 46-61.
January 8th Hong Kong. 62-73.
January 15th Singapore. 74-75.
January 19th Malacca. 76-93.
[1879] January 22nd Malay Peninsula. 94-122.
Dates:
1878-January 1879.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Isabella Bishop.
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Letters of Isabella Bishop.
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Letters of Isabella Bishop to her sister, Henrietta Bird.
Papers of W. D. Brown, of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, concerning his escape from Malaya and Singapore during the Second World War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13771
Scope and Contents
Papers of W. D. Brown concerning his escape from Malaya and Singapore during the Japanese invasion in early 1942. The papers include three typescript accounts, describing his flight from Klang, his journey to Singapore, and departure from Singapore and subsequent experiences. Also included is Brown`s annotated copy of Oswald W. Gilmour`s book `Singapore to freedom`.
Dates:
c.1942
Photographic slides of the Far East [FE]., [1950-1960].
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10605/29-30
"Singapore and Afterwards", manuscript account of the fall of Singapore in 1942, by W D Brown.
File
Identifier: Acc.9948
Scope and Contents
With typed transcript, 1989.
Dates:
circa 1943.
Travel journal of Robert Cochrane, with accounts of travels in Europe and a round the world tour.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14386
Scope and Contents
The volume includes a narrative entitled 'Journey of a Tour Round the World via Suez', recounting a tour through Liverpool, Malta, Port Said, Aden, Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, New York City, and back to Glasgow in 1871. Also included are narratives of separate tours in Germany, Denmark, and Sweden in 1865 and Spain and France in 1866. The accounts appear to have been copied into the volume retrospectively. They include detailed descriptions of...
Dates:
1865-1871.