Title
Letter from Lady Raffles to the Revd Thomas Raffles
Year/Period
12 Jan 1838
Region
London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 22.9 x 18.8 cm
Accession No.
2019-00292
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Tang Holdings Pte Ltd
Lady Sophia Raffles was the wife of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, having married him in 1817. This letter is part of a collection of letters written by her to the Revd Thomas Raffles, who was her husband’s cousin. Here, Lady Raffles follows up on her request for some papers regarding the small property the family still owned in Singapore.
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