Title
Letter from Raffles to his mother, Calcutta – on board the Nearchus
Year/Period
8 Dec 1818
Region
Calcutta
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 26.0 x 20.3 cm
Accession No.
2019-00221
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles established a British East India Company trading factory in Singapore in 1819. This letter is part of a collection of letters he wrote to his mother Ann, for whom he had a great love. In it, Raffles writes from Calcutta on board the Nearchus, which was about to leave for Penang.
