GB 891 TM-TM/9-TM/9/1-TM/9/1/20
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[1790-1793]
Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet
Drafts of speeches read out at Cambridge concerning the merits of two princes. One claims it was read in contradiction to the College regulations which commanded it to be recited by heart. The second and third are redrafts of the recited version with some "obnoxious passages" left out. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 8 sides; 1 piece,3 sides; 1 piece, 3 sides