Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Transfer, Smithsonian Institution, 1866
Processing History
The William Farquhar Correspondence and other Malay Letters was processed by staff members of the Asian Division and Conservation Division, 1991-1995.
Other Repositories
This collection of letters is one of three main sources for Farquhar’s Malay correspondence. The other two are namely “The Farquhar letter book,” at the British Library (http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/), and three letters from Farquhar to Riau published in 1845 by A. Meursinge in Maleisch leesboek voor eerstbeginnenden en meergevorderden (Tweede stukje, Leyden: Luctmans, 1845), pp. 64-70.
Online Content
The William Farquhar Correspondence and other Malay Letters is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/collasian.ad000003.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William Farquhar Correspondence and other Malay Letters, Asian Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.