BROOKE, Sir Charles Anthoni Johnson, autographs, letters, documents, manuscripts
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BROOKE, Sir Charles Anthoni Johnson (1829-1917). Naval officer and second Raja of Sarawak.
Enigmatic Autograph Letter Signed to the Borneo Company Ltd, 1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, Chesterton House, Cirencester, 6 November 1909.
'Please telegraph out (Treasurer Sarawak - Leave opium to your judgement Rajah!.'
The opium crop in Sarawak was a government monopoly.

£125 [No: 24135]

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