File BHH/5/8 - Correspondence from James R Ballantyne

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GB 891 BHH-BHH/5-BHH/5/8

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Correspondence from James R Ballantyne

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  • 5th Aug 1831 - 30th Aug 1831 (Creation)

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Ballantyne James Robert 1813-1864 Orientalist

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Correspondence from James R Ballantyne. Ballantne (1813–1864) was a Scottish Orientalist, who from 1845 was superintendent of the Sanskrit College in Varanasi (then known as Benares). He went to England in 1861 where he was elected librarian of the India Office. There are three letters from him to Hodgson.

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