Letter book containing copies of letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to his mother, Ann Raffles (née Lyde).
Scope & Content:
This letter book contains copies of letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to his mother Lady Anne Raffles covering the period 1817-1822. In these letters Sir Thomas Stamford keeps his mother informed on his health, the birth and subsequent deaths of his children and news from other family memb...
End paper of book with an inscription ' Copies of 16 letters of Sir T. Stamford Raffles to his mother. Lent to me by Rev. R. B. Raffles, February 1898. J. R. F.'