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GB 891 BHH-BHH/5-BHH/5/18
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Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to The Right Honorable Sir C Wood, G.L.B., MP, Secretary of State for India, 2 August 1864
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- 2nd Aug 1864 (Creation)
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Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to The Right Honorable Sir C. Wood, G.L.B., MP, Secretary of State for India, in which he writes with his concerns regarding a large collection of Manuscripts from Kathmandu concerning civil and natural history and Buddhism, which have been inspected by Mr Hall, India Office Librarian. He collected these to inform more about Tibet and wishes to tender to Sir C.Wood that they be deposited in the India Office Library. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 2 August 1864.
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- English