Title
Raffles’ own copy of his book Substance of a Minute recorded by the Honourable Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java and its Dependencies, on the 11th February 1814
Year/Period
11 Feb 1814
Region
London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 29.7 x 24.5 x 3.6 cm
Accession No.
2019-00348
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd
Prior to establishing the British trading settlement on Singapore in 1819, Raffles was Lieutenant Governor of Java from 1811 to 1816. This book publishes Raffles’ minute regarding the introduction of his land rental reforms to Java, and was privately printed by Raffles. This is Raffles’ own copy of the book with his bookplate affixed to the inner cover.
