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...
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.
Letters and related material concerning Lady Raffles' visits to the Continent.
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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.