Title
Letter from Thomas Stamford Raffles to the Revd Thomas Raffles
Year/Period
15 Aug 1825
Region
London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 22.8 x 18.6 cm
Accession No.
2019-00208
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 cousin, the Revd Thomas Raffles, an influential religious leader in Liverpool to whom Raffles was close and with whom he corresponded frequently. Writing from his Highwood home in Hendon, Raffles speaks optimistically about being taken care of by the East India Company.
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