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The index of thousands of diplomatic letters can be searched by entering one or more search fields. As all letters do have a source location, destination location, and the name of the ruler who wrote the particular letter, searching with one or more of these search fields will generally give good results. To filter still further the number of results, it is possible to set a time frame. Selection can lead to one or more results. Each result can be clicked on, invoking the browse page on the exact position of the letter in the scans of the original volume of the Daily Journals of Batavia Castle.


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May 1, 1783
Source: Batavia
Destination: Johor
Notes: Date unreadable
Language: Dutch (original) Arabic Malay (translated)
file 3587, folio 557-564 
April 11, 1786
Original Date: Mar. 7, 1786
Source: Johor
Destination: Batavia
Language: Arabic Malay (original) Dutch (translated)
file 3576, folio 216-226 
April 11, 1786
Original Date: Mar. 6, 1786
Source: Johor
Destination: Batavia
Language: Arabic Malay (original) Dutch (translated)
file 3576, folio 226-228 
June 29, 1786
Source: Batavia
Destination: Johor
Language: Dutch (original) Arabic Malay (translated)
file 3587, folio 565-586 
March 28, 1787
Original Date: Mar. 16, 1787
Source: Johor
Destination: Batavia
Language: Arabic Malay (original) Dutch (translated)
file 3576, folio 426-427 
April 27, 1787
Source: Batavia
Destination: Johor
Language: Dutch (original) Arabic Malay (translated)
file 3587, folio 603-610