Letter from Thomas Stamford Raffles to Ann Raffles

Title
Letter from Thomas Stamford Raffles to Ann Raffles
Year/Period
23 Feb 1818
Region
London
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 24.7 x 20.4 cm
Accession No.
2019-00216
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, updating his mother with news of the birth of his daughter Charlotte.