Title
Letter from Thomas Stamford Raffles to William Raffles, 29 October 1812
Year/Period
29 Oct 1812
Region
United Kingdom - London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 25.3 x 20.1 cm
Accession No.
2019-00233
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 was written to his uncle William Raffles the father of the Revd Thomas Raffles in 1812, thanking his uncle for paying attention to his mother Ann. It was sent from Buitenzorg (Bogor today), where Raffles was Lieutenant-Governor of Java.
