Title
Thomas Stamford Raffles to Ann Raffles
Year/Period
22 Oct 1817
Region
London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 22.5 x 18.5 cm
Accession No.
2019-00215
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 on board the ship the Lady Raffles in 1817 as he prepares to leave England for India.
