Thailand

Thailand was previously known as Siam

Records

• See General Register Office for general sources which may be relevant.
• Some incidental records relating to Siam, especially BMDs for the 19th century, may have been collected by the Anglo-Burmese Library. Refer Burma - External links

External links

Historical books online

• The Burney Papers. [Papers relating to Captain H. Burney's mission to Siam in 1825.] vol. 1-vol. 5, pt. 1. Publication Details: Bangkok : Printed by order of the Committee of the Vajirañāṇa National Library, 1910-1914. Henry Burney Wikipedia. He joined the East India Company in 1807.
  • Burney Papers Vol.1 To 5 (list Of Contents) 1915. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
  • Volume I. nla.gov.au. Consists of V.1, pt.1. Oct. 1825-Apr. 1826.--pt.2. May-June 1826.--pt.3. May-Sept.1826.--pt.4. Feb. 1822-Aug. 1825. However, paging is continuous.
  • Volume II nla.gov.au. Part I (January to June, 1825)

Part II (May 1824 to July 1826)

Part III (August 1825 to March 1825)

Part IV (November 1824 to June 1827

Part V (February 1825 to October 1827)

Part VI (January 1826 to February 1831)

Each part is separately numbered.

• Volume III nla.gov.au. V.3, pt.1. Mar. 1827-June 1833.--pt.2. Aug. 1830-June 1840. Page numbering is continuous.
• Volume IV nla.gov.au. Part I (February 1838 to March 1849)

Part 2 (March 1841 to December 1846)

Each part is separately numbered.

• Volume V nla.gov.au. Part 1 (Retrospect of British policy from the period of the first establishment of Penang 17th July 1786-1839). Only Part 1 was published.

The files from nla.gov.au are available to read online, or to download.

• Burney Papers Vol.2; Pt.1 To 3 1911. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
• Burney Papers Vol.4; Pt. 1 To 2) 1913. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
• Burney Papers Volume I, Parts I, 2; Volume II, Parts 2, 4; Volume IV, Parts1, 2, 4? are available at DSpace, National Library of Malaysia, as pdf downloads. Note this website may only be available at certain times and/or is often unavailable due to maintenance. Try again at another time.

• "French Indo-China" by A Cotterell Tupp. Proceedings of the Central Asian Society May 1906. Archive.org
• Twentieth century impressions of Siam: its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources, with which is incorporated an abridged edition of Twentieth century impressions of British Malaya edited by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org
• Chequered Leaves from Siam by Eric Reid 1913 Archive.org. Some of the sketches first appeared in the newspapers Singapore Free Press, Siam Observer, Ceylon Observer and the Bangkok Times. The author elsewhere is stated to be a former British vice-consul of Siam and editor of the Siam Observer.