GB 891 TM-TM/9-TM/9/8
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[1790-1840]
Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet
Thomas Manning was a keen amateur poet and had a lifelong interest in riddles. These are draft poems and riddles mainly created by Manning through his adult life. There are also instances of Manning adopting mirror writing.