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Opium Sales in SEA

Selling Opium to the Natives Part Two Conflict with the Americans: Captain Smith on the Adele Daniel Smith returned to Penang from Bengal early in January 1814 commanding the Adele. In May, he had a brush with another of Britain’s enemies of the period. The British were involved in the War of 1812 with the […]

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A British Pirate

The Palace at Mempawah A British Pirate  This article describes the accusation of piracy made in 1806 by the Sultan of Sambas against Captain Anthony Burnside, an Irishman, who was then a trader based in Calcutta. The material gives new insight into the relations between the Supreme Government in Calcutta, and the authorities in Penang.

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