[RAS Raffles Java 50] Javanese letters, including to the Sultan of Palembang

ca. 1800?
Javanese
40 x 20 cm

Four letters, catalogued A-D. A. Javanese letter, written in Palembang-style Javanese script, from Tumenggung Kartanagara to Sultan Muhammad Baha’uddin of Palembang concerning a meeting with the jendral [i.e. Governor-General] to deliver a letter from the sultan. Written on both sides of a single sheet of Eur paper: ‘HVH’, 40 x 22 cm. In the original envelope with seals (Ricklefs, Voorhoeve, and Gallop 2004:84). B. Javanese letter, written in Palembang-style Javanese script, from Pun Sastradinata and Pun Tribratangunu to the Sultan of Palembang concerning a meeting with Governor General to deliver a letter from the Sultan. A single sheet of Eur paper: ‘IVH’, ‘IV’, 53.5 x 42.5 cm (Ricklefs, Voorhoeve, and Gallop 2004:84). C. Javanese letter, written in Palembang-style Javanese script, from Kangjeng raka Pangeran Natawijaya to his kang rayi Kangjeng Pangeran Ratu of Palembang, acknowledging the receipt of a letter sent to Jambi. Single sheet of Eur paper: ‘KH’, 39.5 x 25 cm. Seal of Pangeran Natawijaya in upper left-hand corner (Ricklefs, Voorhoeve, and Gallop 2004:84). D: A letter from Raden Adipati Panji Jaya Adiningrat setting out his ancestry.