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William Farquhar Correspondence The Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection of the Asian Division of the Library of Congress has a unique and important collection of forty-six Malay letters written in the Jawi script—an adaptation of the Arabic script for writing the Malay language. This correspondence is mainly from Malay kings and notables to William Farquhar (1744-1839), a key figure in the founding of modern Singapore. William Farquhar...
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Rights and Access The contents of the Library of Congress William Farquhar correspondence and other Malay letters collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Collection William Farquhar Correspondence