An Anecdotal History of Old Times in Singapore: From the Foundation of the Settlement Under the Honourable the East India Company on February 6th, 1819, to the Transfer to the Colonial Office as Part of the Colonial Possessions of the Crown on April 1st, 1867, Volumes 1-2 |
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