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1. Mss Eur C34

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Mss Eur C34
Title:
Raffles Collection I. This volume contains miscellaneous papers of quarto size. The principal documents are copies of 12 letters from Lord Minto, drafts of five Ietters to Lord Minto, and of four to the E.I.C. ; letters to native princes and papers on the Java expedition of 1811.
Scope & Content:
Perhaps the most interesting document is a letter from Raffles to ? W. Ramsay, dated 10th November 1805. This is the only dated document of this period in the whole collection. The dated documents are distributed thus ˗˗ 1805 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1818 1820 1823 1824 1 4 6 6 3 4 4 1 2 1 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805-1824
Extent:
pp 376 (27 x 22cm)

2. Mss Eur C35

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Mss Eur C35
Title:
Private Letters to Lord Minto, 1810˗1811. Besides 22 letters to Lord Minto there are seven to W. E. Phillips, who became Governor of Penang on the death of Bruce. The letters are dated from 25th November 1810 to 13th May 1811. They are all from Raffles, and all of them are concerned with the expedition to Java. None of the letters is printed in Lady Raffles’ Memoir, or in Boulger’s Life; but there are some published letters of this period that are not in the MS.
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 1˗9: To Lord Minto. Prince of Wales Island, 25th. November 1810. The action of the squadron; the removal of the blockade of Java; Mr. Bruce places a small cutter at Raffles’ disposal. 2, pp. 9˗10: To Lord Minto. Prince of Wales Island, 27 Novr 1810. Raffles has induced a local shipbu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1811
Extent:
pp 154 (27 x 19 cm)

3. Mss Eur C36

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Mss Eur C36
Title:
This volume is paged in continuation of 244 (Private letters to Lord Minto), namely, from 155 to 238; but this was a mistake, as there is no direct connection between the two volumes. The present manuscript is dated 1825, and is wholly concerned with Borneo.
Scope & Content:
pp. 159˗161: J. C. Ross to Sir T. S. Raffles. London, 17th Jany 1825. “Herewith I send for your acceptance the rough sketch of the remarks which I formerly submitted to your notice. . . . Should my testimony appear requisite .. . you will reckon on my giving it in the fullest manner ... . I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1825
Extent:
pp 84 (28 x 19 cm)

4. Mss Eur D199

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Mss Eur D199
Title:
Raffles Collection VIII. Some correspondence of Captain Francis Light regarding Kedah ; some papers on Johor and Singapore; a note on the “Eastward” and a report of a journey by T. Barnes are the principal contents of this volume.
Scope & Content:
Pieces relative to the Malay Peninsula. 1, pp. 1˗53: Mr Light regarding Queda. 1786. These pages are really a separate volume bound in. Inside the cover is the bookplate of Sir T. Stamford Raffles. The first 25 pages are occupied by copies of Letters to and from Francis Light˗˗the rest bein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1783-1823
Extent:
pp 388 (34 x 21 cm)

5. Mss Eur D200

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Mss Eur D200
Title:
Pedigree of Javanese Princes
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
(34 x 23), 1 sheet (64 x 62)

6. Mss Eur D742/2

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Mss Eur D742/2
Title:
Letters to Sir T. S. Raffles from William Marsden
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles from William Marsden, an orientalist and numismatist who lived and worked in Fort Marlborough, Sumatra 1770-1779. He published a History of Sumatra in 1783 and had a reputation as both a talented writer and a scholar of zoology, botany, li...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1809-1826
Extent:
8 items

7. Mss Eur D742/20

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Mss Eur D742/20
Title:
Letters from Sir T. S. Raffles to William Brown Ramsay, and his father, William Ramsay; including a letter from Raffles to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone.
Scope & Content:
This file contains a collection of letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to William Brown Ramsay during the period of his position at Lieutenant-Governor of Java. In these letters Raffles describes incidents and matters of administration to his friend. He also petitions support in England conc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1803-1816
Extent:
40 items

8. Mss Eur D742/21

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Mss Eur D742/21
Title:
Miscellaneous letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (with index)
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to a variety of persons. The letters include correspondence with Dr Thomas Horsfield concerning his paper on the Upas tree and a letter written from St Helena where Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles met Napoleon. Also included are letters to M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1825
Extent:
14 items

9. Mss Eur E104

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Mss Eur E104
Title:
Raffles Collection II. Papers relating to the Java expedition and a report on Pachitan by J. Crawfurd occupy the greater part of this volume.
Scope & Content:
1, pp. 1˗24: Memo proposing the Capture of Java from the French in 1810 by Mr Raffles. No. 226. (W. M. 1809). This deals with the following topics: Decline of the Dutch power in the East; the greater part of Java still independent; but Marshal Daendels has partially restored authority, by r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1822
Extent:
pp 228 (38x25 cm)

10. Mss Eur E105

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Mss Eur E105
Title:
Raffles Collection III. A letter to Lord Minto and a rough draft of a report on the “Eastward” fill half this volume.
Scope & Content:
Many of the other documents may be described as routine, and are connected principally with the expedition to Java. 1, p. 1: Den Brigadier, en Chef van de Generale Staf Ridder G. H. von Gutzlaff aan de Kommandeerende Officier van Zyne Britanische Majesteit Schip in zigt. Batavia den 4r He...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1810-1812
Extent:
pp 346 (35x23)

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