Item WST/3/2/1 - Impression of a Coin and a Letter to Dr. J. Wilson

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GB 891 WST-WST/3-WST/3/2-WST/3/2/1

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Impression of a Coin and a Letter to Dr. J. Wilson

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  • 1852 - 1853 (Creation)

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A smaller piece of card and paper pasted onto a sheet of folscap paper. The first is an impression of what is believed to be a coin found in front of Cave No. 7 in November 1852, with a brief explanatory note dated January 1853. The second is a letter dated to approximately June 1853 sent from Henry West to a Dr. Wilson containing a copy short inscription from Kanheri.

The addressee is most likely John Wilson, once President of the Bombay Asiatic Society, Bombay Cave Temple Commission and lobbyist for the Archaeological Survey of India. This is indicated to on the folder list; 'Dr. J. Wilson'.

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