Letters to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles from a variety of persons (with index)
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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...
College for the Instruction of Asiatic Christian and other Youth, in eastern Literature and European Science, at Serampore, Bengal. Prospectus compiled by William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward, in 1818. (London, 1819). (Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles copy)
Notes on the appearance of the seventh century Temple of Borobudur in Java and Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' discovery of it by an unidentified individual.
Correspondence of Rev. Thomas Raffles D. D., newspaper cuttings and article relating to Rev Raffles.
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Correspondence of the Reverend Thomas Raffles 1812-1826, an article on Raffles in the Investigator No. XV January 1824, of which the Reverend Thomas Raffle was an editor. Newspaper cuttings on death and funeral of the Reverend Thomas Raffles.
Correspondence relating to the Drake Collection of Raffles' letters, and their publication.
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Correspondence between Mrs Muriel Rosdew Drake (née Raffles) and H. Dodwell, a historian, concerning his wish to view the Raffles letters and to include them in a publication. Also include correspondence between Mrs Muriel Rosdew Drake and Edred John Henry Corner, a botanist, concerning his inter...
The Memorial of the Hon. Thomas Stamford Raffles, late Lieutenant Governor of Java, and its Dependencies: to the Honourable. The Court of Directors of the East India Company by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. (Privately printed, London 1816/17)
Letters written on the death of Lady Sophia Raffles in 1858.
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This file contains a collection of letters sent on the death of Lady Sophia Raffles. The majority of them are addressed to the Reverend William Charles Flint. Many old acquaintances such as Dr Thomas Horsfield pay their respects in these letters.