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George Young and Co. of Leith records concerning shipping and exports from the Island of Lombok

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Title
George Young and Co. of Leith records concerning shipping and exports from the Island of Lombok
Subject
Dutch East Indies
International trade
Business records
Business enterprises
Shipping
New South Wales
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Simpson, Alexander
Keywords
Trade
economic conditions
Creator
George Young and Co.
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference
1838 – 1849
Date
October 28, 1942
Link
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qoa4vp1
Series number
MLMSS 11879/Box 1X
Item number
9qoa4vp1
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Out of copyright. Please acknowledge: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.
Country of origin
Australia
Indonesia
Place
Ampenan
Language
English
Dutch
Description from source
Full title: George Young and Co. of Leith records concerning shipping and exports from the Island of Lombok, and the estates of Alexander Simpson and David Wallace.

0.3 metres of textual material (1 outsize box)

Collection of letters and financial account statements concerning the estate and business dealings of David Wallace of Robert How & Co. Sydney, and the merchant Alexander Simpson. The papers include correspondence referring to the decline in value of commodities, including rice and wool, and the decline of bank and joint stock share values, including those of the Sydney Banking Company. The collection contains one letter from the island of Lombok written in Dutch, by Koopmans to Simpson, dated 28 October 1842.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Letters
Transcription
No. 39 Aan boord Z.M. Korver Argo ter reede Ampenan, 28 October 1842

In antwoord op uwen brief van heden, is dienende, dat ofschoon het mij leed is mijne zending, die geen andere, dan voor Lombok gunstige, oogmerken heeft, vertraagd te zien, ik echter geloof mij, aan de door den Vorst gestelde voorwaarde, te moeten onderwerpen en slechts hoop, dat het doenlijke zal worden in het werk gesteld, opdat de onderhandelingen tusschen mij en den Vorst welmeld(?), spoedig zullen kunnen geopend worden.

De Gouvernements Kommissaris voor het eiland Lombok,

Wilhelmus Koopman

Aan:
den Heer Aly. Simpson te Ampanan.
Translation
No. 39 Onboard H.M. Korver Argo at Ampenan, 28 October 1842

In response to your letter of today, it is pertinent that although I am saddened to see my mission, which has no other objectives than those favourable to Lombok, delayed, I believe that I will comply with the condition set by the Ruler, must submit and only hope that what is feasible will be done so that the negotiations between myself and the Ruler mentioned(?) can be opened quickly.

The Governorate Commissioner for the island of Lombok,

Wilhelmus Koopman

At:
Mr Aly. Simpson in Ampanan.
Translator
Judith Rozeboom
File
Koopman - Lombok letter