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GB 891 BHH-BHH/5-BHH/5/27-BHH/5/27/6
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Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Sir Louis Mallet, 5 May 1873
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- 5th May 1873 (Creation)
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Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Sir Louis Mallet in which Hodgson writes thanking Mallet for his private letter. Hodgson writes that his experience of the conflicting opinions regarding Pekin, Lhasa and Kathmandu, but that in his opinion, it is time to try to remove the alleged obstacles. He is concerned regarding the Russian influence. He reminds that the Ghurkhas are dependent allies and continues to lay out his opinion on the situation. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 8 sides, dated 5 May 1873.
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- English