L2: Raffles: Letters to London (From Bencoolen) Page 85 of 156
And of Java and the Moluccas. the whole of the voluminous history, as carefully abstracted from the Dutch archives while I was in Java, with careful translations of the most valuable native books, vocabularies, memoirs and various papers intended principally to assist in a new edition of my History of Java.
Of Singapore. a detailed account of its establishment, the principles on which it was founded, the policy of our government in founding it, the history of commerce in the Eastern Islands, its present state and prospects. The rapid rise of Singapore, its history until I gave over charge, with all the original documents connected with the discussion with the Dutch, and every voucher and testimony which could have been required to make good the British claim, and uphold the measures I had adopted.
[Please note that the above has been checked as correct against the transcription in Wurtzburg's 'Rafffles of the Eastern Isles' pp 685 ]
Of Singapore. a detailed account of its establishment, the principles on which it was founded, the policy of our government in founding it, the history of commerce in the Eastern Islands, its present state and prospects. The rapid rise of Singapore, its history until I gave over charge, with all the original documents connected with the discussion with the Dutch, and every voucher and testimony which could have been required to make good the British claim, and uphold the measures I had adopted.
[Please note that the above has been checked as correct against the transcription in Wurtzburg's 'Rafffles of the Eastern Isles' pp 685 ]
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