Title
Letter from Thomas Stamford Raffles to the Revd Thomas Raffles
Year/Period
23 Feb 1817
Region
London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 24.8 x 20.2 cm
Accession No.
2019-00179
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd
Henley Upon ThamesSGCool Label Text: 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 cousin, the Revd Thomas Raffles, an influential religious leader in Liverpool to whom Raffles was close and with whom he corresponded frequently. Written in 1817 from Henley Upon Thames during Raffles’ return to England, this letter discusses Raffles’ decision to remarry and contains updates on the publication of his book The History of Java.
![The History of Java, first edition [two volumes], Thomas Stamford Raffles, London, 1817](https://www.roots.gov.sg/api/media/6972aac8-d668-488a-88b7-56301f9f392a/00-cultural-connections.jpg)
