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Mss Eur D742/25
- Record Id:
- 040-001611203
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001610459
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001442.0x00037a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur D742/25
- Title:
- Letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to the Duke [and Duchess] of Somerset.
- Scope & Content:
- Correspondence from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset and Edward Adolphus Seymour, eleventh Duke of Somerset covering the period 1820-1824. These letters cover subjects such as the health of the correspondents, descriptions of Sumatra and accounts of the places and people Sir Thomas Raffles comes across, including a lengthy detailed account of the Battas cannibals, comments on matters of politic and government, references to Raffles' collection of specimens and drawings of Natural History which he sent over to England and family news such as the deaths of Raffles' children and the misfortune of the burning of the ship Fame.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001610459
036-001611141
040-001611203 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur D742 : Raffles Family Collection.
Mss Eur D742/24-28 : Sir Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java 1811-1816, Governor of Benkulen 1818-1824: correspondence with the Duke…
Mss Eur D742/25 : Letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles to the Duke [and Duchess] of Somerset. - Contains:
- Mss Eur D742/25, f 2 : Slip of paper entitled '15 Letters from Sir T. S. Raffles to the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, 1820'.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 3-5v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles off Sumatra to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 6-14v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles at sea off the west coast of Sumatra to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton),…
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 15-16v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, f 17 : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Edward Adolphus Seymour, eleventh Duke of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 18-24v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, f 25v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 26-28v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 29-30v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 31-32v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, f 33v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 34-41v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Edward Adolphus Seymour, eleventh Duke of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 42-43v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, f 44v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Edward Adolphus Seymour, eleventh Duke of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 45-49v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 50-53v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, f 54 : Slip of paper entitled '9 Letters from Sir T. S. Raffles to the Duchess of Somerset, 1821'.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 55-61v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 62-66v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 67-73v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, f 74v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 75-77v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 78-81v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
Mss Eur D742/25, f 82 : Slip of paper entitled '6 letters from Sir T. S. Raffles to the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, 1822.'
Mss Eur D742/25, ff 83-86v : Letter from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles in Benkulen to Charlotte Seymour (née Hamilton), Duchess of Somerset.
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- 032-001610459[0006]/036-001611141[0002]/040-001611203
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur D742
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 49 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1820
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 1820-1824
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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