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Mss Eur D742/3
- Record Id:
- 040-001610605
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001610459
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001442.0x000341
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 possessions. Amongst these letters are many condolences offered and references to this disaster. These letters also contain information on matters of state regarding the adminstration of Benkulen and Singapore. Many of the correspondants are fellow naturalists, zoologists and botonists interested in the drawings and specimens of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Among the notable correspondants are William Wilberforce, who shared Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' abhorrence of slavery and complained often in his letters about his deteriorating health and eyes. Robert Jameson, who was responsible for the Edinburgh University Museum which included some of Raffles' specimens. Also included is a letter from Mr Arnot which relates the sequence of events that led to his transportation from Fort Marlborough, leaving him penniless and he beseeches the assistance of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Folio 78 is missing; the letter to Lady Raffles recorded in the index is presumed to be the missing item.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001610459
036-001610595
040-001610605 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur D742 : Raffles Family Collection.
Mss Eur D742/2-6 : Sir Stamford Raffles: miscellaneous papers
Mss Eur D742/3 : Letters to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles from a variety of persons (with index) - Contains:
- Mss Eur D742/3, ff 2-3 : Catalogue of letters addressed to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 4 : Slip of paper entitled 'Letters to Sir. T. S. Raffles'
Mss Eur D742/3, f 4v : Letter from Mr Charles Grant to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 6-9 : Letter from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquis of Lansdowne at Bowood to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 10-11v : Letter from Mr Stuart Mackenzie at Elton Hall to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 12-14 : Letter from Lord William Pitt Amherst in Fort William to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 15-16v : Letter from Lord William Pitt Amherst in Fort William to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 17-18 : Letter from George Annesley Second Earl of Mount Norris at Arley Hall, Bewdley to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 19 : Letter from George Annesley Second Earl of Mount Norris at Arley Hall to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 20v : Letter from George Annesley Second Earl of Mount Norris at Arley Hall, Bewdley to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 21-22 : Letter from George Annesley Second Earl of Mount Norris at Arley Hall, Bewdley to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 23-24v : Letter from Mr J. Palmer to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 25v : Letter from Sir Robert Harry Inglis in Bangor to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 26 : Letter from A. R. Falck in London to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 27-28 : Letter from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, third Marquis of Lansdowne at Berkley Square to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 29-32v : Letter from Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, second Earl of Minto to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 33v : Letter from Mr A. de Wilde in Pynenburg to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 34-35 : Letter from Francis Rawdon, Marquis of Hastings in Malta to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 36v : Letter from Nicholas Vansittart, Lord Bexley in Great George Street to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 37v : Letter from Mr Thomas Murdoch to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 38-39 : Letter from Mr Thomas Murdoch to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 40-41 : Letter from William Jack at King's College to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 42v : Letter from Mr John Hunter in Berkeley Square to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, ff 43-44 : Letter from Mr John Hunter in Berkeley Square to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Mss Eur D742/3, f 45v : Letter from Mr J. R. Courtenay to Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
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- 032-001610459[0002]/036-001610595[0002]/040-001610605
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur D742
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 59 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1826
- Date Range:
- 1820-1826
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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