British Borneo: a colonial participant’s account

A public-domain account by the first Governor of British North Borneo. Chapter VII describes negotiations with Brunei and Sulu.

Why this record matters

Sulu’s place in the foundation of Company authority appears within the colonial enterprise’s own account.

Date: 1891
Document type: Historical book
Issuing authority / creator: W. H. Treacher
Citation: W. H. Treacher, British Borneo: Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo (Singapore: Government Printing Department, 1891), chapter I, pp. 4–5, and chapter VII, pp. 92–103.

Reading the evidence

Treacher describes the Sulu negotiations following those with Brunei and identifies the Sultan’s grant of rights over his tributary territories, pp. 94–95.

Sources & further reading

British Borneo (1891)

Government Printing Department, Singapore · Project Gutenberg

W. H. Treacher, British Borneo: Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo (Singapore: Government Printing Department, 1891), chapter I, pp. 4–5, and chapter VII, pp. 92–103.