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Container Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur D742/7-12

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Mss Eur D742/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/12
Title:
3 notes, probably in Lady Raffles' hand
Scope & Content:
Notes in Lady Sophia Raffle's hand, possibly relating to the Memoir she published. Includes notes on Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and on published works on the Eastern Seas and on posthumous works by Fredrick King of Prussia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
6 items

7. Mss Eur D742/13a-d

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D742/13a-d
Title:
Lady Raffles: miscellaneous legal documents
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1834-May 1854
Extent:
4 files

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