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1. Mss Eur D742/2

Reference (shelfmark):
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

2. Mss Eur D742/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/3
Title:
Letters to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles from a variety of persons (with index)
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letters written to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and Lady Sophia Raffles by a variety of persons, largely in the period 1823-26. During this period the Raffles family suffered the disaster of the burning of the ship Fame, on which they were returning to England with all thier p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1820-1826
Extent:
59 items

3. Mss Eur D742/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/4
Title:
Two original farewell addresses presented to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles on his departure from Java in 1816. 'Statement of Personal Property belonging to Sir Stamford Raffles lost on board the Honourable Company's chartered ship Fame', sent by Raffles to the Court of Directors. Reply to the 'Second Address to Sir Thomas Stamford by the inhabitants of Benkulen, on his return to Benkulen after the destruction of the ship Fame'. [This reply, with the addresses, was later printed by Cox and Bayli...
Scope & Content:
This file contains the farewell correspondence between Sir Thomas Raffles and well wishers from Samarang on his departure from that place. Also included are documents listing the personal possessions of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles lost in the sinking of the ship Fame and a certificate to verify t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1824
Extent:
5 items

4. Mss Eur D742/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/5
Title:
Miscellaneous legal and financial documents of Sir T. S. Raffles.
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles financial arrangements. Also included are invoices and receipts for his salary between 1822-1823 in Singapore. Two bargain and sale documents are also included.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1799-1825
Extent:
26 items

5. Mss Eur D742/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/6
Title:
Copy of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' last will and testament.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1825
Extent:
1 Document

6. Mss Eur D742/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/7
Title:
Letters to Lady Sophia Raffles from a variety of persons (with index).
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters to Lady Sophia Raffles from a variety of persons. There are several letters from members of the Bunsen family particularly regarding the family's plans to move to Germany. Included is a watercolour vignette from Frances von Bunsen showing their house and surrounding cou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1825-Nov 1858
Extent:
71 items

7. Mss Eur D742/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/8
Title:
Manuscript poem by Mr Glover entitled 'Loss of the Fame', presented by the author to Lady Raffles and family.
Scope & Content:
Poem describing the burning of the ship Fame in verse by Mr Glover.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1825
Extent:
1 Notebook

8. Mss Eur D742/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/9
Title:
Letters received on the death of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1826. (some addressed to Lady Raffles' brother) and an autopsy report on Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles by Sir Everard Home.
Scope & Content:
This file contains a collection of letters received on the death of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in 1826. They are addressed to Lady Sophia Raffles and her brothers. Correspondents include William Wilberforce, Dr Thomas Horsfield, I. T. Simes, W. B. Ramsay and extended family members such as Richa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826-1830
Extent:
46 items

9. Mss Eur D742/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/10
Title:
Letters to Lady Raffles from persons who had received copies of her Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (London 1830).
Scope & Content:
This file contains a collection of letters in response and acknowledging the receipt of a copy of Memoirs of the Life of and Public Service of Sit T. S. Raffles. (London 1830)' by Lady Sophia Raffles. Correspondents include the Duke of Somerset, William Marsden, Prince Leopold, I. T. Simes and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1830
Extent:
32 items

10. Mss Eur D742/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/11
Title:
Letters and related material concerning Lady Raffles' visits to the Continent.
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters and documents relating to Lady Sophia Raffles' trips to the continent. These include letters of introduction, itineraries and lists of distances between places, hotels and sights to see.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1831-1833
Extent:
26 items

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