Autograph letter from Lady Raffles to Reverend Dr. Thomas Raffles with salutation "My dear cousin", first page top right corner- "Fort Marlborough April 8 1820"



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1820

Autograph letter from Lady Raffles to Reverend Dr. Thomas Raffles with salutation "My dear cousin", first page top right corner- "Fort Marlborough April 8 1820"

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"Singapore improves beyond our most sanguine calculations and will soon become a point of great and general interest." She writes that she is not worthy of the attention she has attracted in England by news reports of her journeys in Sumatra :"I was influenced only by one motive -affection for my husband -to be parted from him is the only misery my soul shrinks from -to be united to him in life & death the bright hope of my existence".

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Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-1826 Raffles, Sophia, Lady, 1786-1858--Correspondence Colonial administrators' spouses--Great Britain--Correspondence Colonial administrators' spouses--Singapore--Correspondence Colonial administrators' spouses--Indonesia--Correspondence Colonial administrators--Indonesia--Java--19th century Colonial administrators--Singapore--19th century Singapore--History--1819-1867 Java (Indonesia)--History--19th century

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1819-1826 Founding and early years

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Title
Autograph letter from Lady Raffles to Reverend Dr. Thomas Raffles with salutation "My dear cousin", first page top right corner- "Fort Marlborough April 8 1820"
Creators
  • Raffles, Sophia, Lady, 1786-1858
Subject
  • Raffles, Thomas Stamford, Sir, 1781-1826
  • Raffles, Sophia, Lady, 1786-1858--Correspondence
  • Colonial administrators' spouses--Great Britain--Correspondence
  • Colonial administrators' spouses--Singapore--Correspondence
  • Colonial administrators' spouses--Indonesia--Correspondence
  • Colonial administrators--Indonesia--Java--19th century
  • Colonial administrators--Singapore--19th century
  • Singapore--History--1819-1867
  • Java (Indonesia)--History--19th century
Publisher
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1820
Digital Description
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Copyright
  • Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2017