Raffles, Thomas Stamford Bingley, Sir, 1781-1826 (Knight, colonial governor)
Dates
- Existence: 1781 - 1826
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Bust of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles by Francis Chantrey, 1890 - 1899
128 x 164 mm. A photographic copy of Sir Francis Chantreys (1781-1841) bust of Raffles.
Charles Wurtzburg: Raffles papers
Correspondence of David Brown, 1801 - 1825
26 letters concerning economic development and the management of his estates exchanged between Brown and various correspondents. The collection includes eight letters from Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. The file also includes a typescript copy of the will of Francis Light.
Extracts from books
Transcripts from books and articles compiled by C.A.Wurzburg whilst researching the life of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Most of these bound volumes have an index at the front listing the contents, giving details of the publications transcribed.
Holland, 1810-1825 approx.
Transcriptions of Dutch records, from various offices and archives, translated into English, some French.
India, volumes 1 and 2, 1819-1823
'Copied from the bound volumes of Wallich Correspondence in the Library of the Botanic Gardens Calcutta'. Transcripts of Sir T.S.Raffles' letters to Nathaniel Wallich, botanist and superintendent of the Botanic Gardens of Calcutta. Also some copies of letters from others, and from Wallich. At the back are copies of some proclamations issued by Sir T.S.Raffles re. legislation in Singapore.
Java Proclamation
Java, volume 1, 1809-1812
Copies of letters and proclamations in Batavian newspapers and journals, such as the 'Java Government Gazette'.
Letter from Sir Stamford Raffles to Charles Grant, 1815 - 1915
A letter from Sir Stamford Raffles in Batavia to Charles Grant, Chairman of the East India Company, 25 October 1815 (3 pages), defending Raffles' administrative record in Java, written before he had received news of the decision to return Java to the Dutch. There is an undated typescript copy of this letter (2 pages) and a photocopy of a second letter, written by Raffles in Singapore to David Brown, 12 November 1822 (3 pages).
Letters, 1815-1825 approx.
Typed transcripts of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles' letters to various correspondents, including his uncle William Raffles, his cousin Revd.Thomas Raffles and his mother, Anne Raffles. For originals of a few of these letters, see Add.7386.
Letters, volume 1, 1815-1825 approx.
Typed copies of letters compiled by C.A. Wurtzburg whilst researching 'Raffles of the Eastern Isles'. This volume comprises typed copies of Raffles's letters on 1) Gillespie's charges, 2) Papers found at Government House Singapore, 3) Description of Visit to St.Helena, 4) Copies of Raffles's letters in the possession of C.E.W.
Includes typed copies of letters to Thomas Macquoid, see originals in Add 7386
London, 1809-1820 approx
'Extracts from Records in the India Office Library'
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1861-1930s
Letters sent to C.E Wurtzburg about Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles during the course of his research. List of correspondents at front of volume.
Miscellaneous papers
Bound volumes containing transcripts of records from various places, copies of articles and some original letters, all compiled by C.E.Wurzburg during the course of his research.
Notes on Raffles' 'The History of Java'
'Japan Trade. Sir T.S. Raffles': undated notes in Parkes' hand taken from Thomas Raffles, 'The History of Java' (2 vols; London, 1817), vol. 2, Appendix B, 'Japan Trade', pp. xv-xxxii.
Portrait of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles by James Lonsdale, 1818, 1890 - 1899
91 x 115 mm. Photographic copy of a half length profile portrait of Raffles by James Lonsdale (1777-1839), exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1818. This photograph appears to have been printed in reverse.
Sir T. S. Raffles: original letters
Letters written by Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, mainly to Thomas MacQuoid of Cheltenham but previously of Batavia (Dutch East Indies), now Jakarta, Indonesia.
There are typed copies of some of these letters in Add 7375
Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles, 1919
Bronze statue. Its base reads 'Sir Stamford Raffles, Founder of Singapore 1819.' Replica of statue of Raffles by Thomas Woolner unveiled in Singapore in 1887.
Straits (Straits Settlements, Singapore), 1805-1825
Mostly copies of documents and correspondence from the' Government Records in the Raffles Museum, Singapore'.
Volume 1
Contains Bibliography relating to volumes 1-5 of 'Extracts from Books', and Index of works consulted in Vol 1.
Volume 1, 1816-1821
Mostly copies of documents and correspondence from the' Government Records in the Raffles Museum, Singapore'.
Volume 1
Transcriptions of Dutch records, from various offices and archives, translated into English, some French.
Volume 1, 1814-1823 approx.
Contains transcripts of records from the India Office, Wallich Collection in Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, N.E.I records and miscellaneous from Singapore and Malaysia.
Volume 2
Contains list of Contents at front, mostly relating to early history of Prince of Wales Island (now Penang) and India.
Volume 2, 1820-1821
Mostly copies of documents and correspondence from the' Government Records in the Raffles Museum, Singapore'.
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