Title: Sumatra factory records
Description: Consists of British trading post ("factory") records for Sumatra between 1685 and 1825. Largely made up of correspondence and reports sent between the East India Company factory on Sumatra and its directors in London. Factory records also contain consultations (records of administrative decisions and of correspondence), diaries (records of daily activities), letters received, copies of letters sent and collections of papers on particular subjects.
Subjects: Sources, History, Trading posts, Colonies, East India Company
Places: Sumatra (Indonesia), Indonesia, Sumatra, Great Britain, Asia