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GB 891 BHH-BHH/5-BHH/5/30-BHH/5/30/6
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Draft Letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to M.E. Grant Duff, 15 April 1873
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- 15th Apr 1873 (Creation)
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Draft Letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to M.E. Grant Duff in which he writes that in a memorandum that he delivered to the Society of Arts, and which is to go to the Duke of Argyle, Hodgson has suggested the expediency of the Governor-General opening communication with the Dalai and Jeshu Lamas in Tibet. he continues to explain his reasons for suggesting this in terms of the politics of the area. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 8 sides, dated 15 April 1873.
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- English