This book is a compilation of the following historical archives:
<ol><li>A biography of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksin" class="extiw" title="w:Taksin">King of Thon Buri</a>, excerpted from the work called <i>Aphinihan banphaburut</i> ["Wonders of our ancestors"], year of creation unknown, author unknown.</li>
<li>A chronicle of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksin" class="extiw" title="w:Taksin">King of Thon Buri</a> according to a manuscript titled <i>Chronicle of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ayutthaya" class="extiw" title="w:Kingdom of Ayutthaya">Kingdom of Ayutthaya</a> No. 2/A101</i>, which an unnamed person or entity (perhaps the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Arts_Department_of_Thailand" class="extiw" title="w:Fine Arts Department of Thailand">Fine Arts Department</a>, as the seal of the department appears on the cover of the book) bought in 2450 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_Era" class="extiw" title="w:Buddhist Era">BE</a> (1907/08 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era" class="extiw" title="w:Common Era">CE</a>). The year the chronicle was created and the person who created it are not known. The chronicle was printed here for the first time.</li></ol>
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<i>Rueang khong somdet phrachao krung thon buri</i> [Stories of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksin" class="extiw" title="w:Taksin">King of Thon Buri</a>]. (1944). Bangkok: Phrachan Printing House. [Printed for distribution at the funeral of Mr Sawat Sisakonkrainuchit Phatthranawik (<i>Phraya</i> Si Sakon Krai Nuchit), held at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/th:%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3" class="extiw" title="w:th:วัดไตรมิตรวิทยารามวรวิหาร">Wat Trai Mit Witthayaram</a> on 10 October 1944]. (In Thai).