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Letters to the Press Association and Newspaper Editors, asking for them to print the attached notice. Two letters with notice concerning the date of the Presentation of the Universities Prize Essay Award. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 29 November 1938.

Letters to the Press Association and the Editors of Newspapers to ask for a notice to be put in the newspapers concerning the winner of the Universities Essay Prize. Two copies of the letter and the notice. Typed, 3 pieces, dated 13 December 1939.

Drafts of two letters from Hodgson to the editor of the Friend of India newspaper concerning vernacular education.

"Letters to Rev W. Manning" List of letters sent by Thomas Manning to his father, Rev William Manning, covering the period 1799-1803, Handwritten in ink, 2 pieces, 2 sides

Two letters, one to The Press Association and one to The News Editor, The Near East, to ask for a notice to be distributed and inserted in the Papers concerning the winner of the Universities Essay Prize. With the letters is a statement concerning the winner for 1935 - Even Glyndwr Jones and that of 1934, Miss Dorothy A.L. Stede. Typed material, 3 pieces, letters dated 16 November 1935.

Letters from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to The Press Association and the Editors to ask them to enclose the notice within their newspapers. With the letters are two different notifications concerning the 1936 winner, Dennis Wood, of the Universities Prize Essay. Typed, four pieces, dated 13 November 1936.

Pro forma letters to Journals and Newspapers from Colonel Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to ask for insertion in their Journal or newspaper of details of the Prize Essay Competition. Typed sheet with handwritten annotation.

Letters to Elliot in Urdu and Persian, from Pandit Kedai Nath, Kali Rai, and Qazi Muhammad Sadiq Khan. Some are accounts of the Bargujar caste of Rajputs, and others are explanations of the terms of crop-sharing and reclaimed lands. All letters are estimated to be from c.1827.

In 1984, the Royal Asiatic Society sought letters of support for the Society concerning a possible move to larger premises. The letters are from:

• Godfrey Goodwin, Director of Royal Asiatic Society
• Jack Franses, Sotheby & Co.
• Professor Joshua Blan, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Halil Inalcik, University of Chicago
• Helen Philon, Benaki Museum
• C. K. Pattanashetti, Bangalore University
• K. Enoki, The Toyo Bunko
• Dr. Hani Al-Amad, University of Jordan
• V Durairajan, Annamalai University
• H.A. [Backakob] Kirpal Singh, Guru Nank Dev University
• Hajime Nakamura, The Eastern Institute, Tokyo
• K. Brooker, London Head Teachers Association

Correspondence between H.G. Quaritch Wales and Professor C.F. Beckingham concerning the rescinding of Quaritch Wales' gift of two volumes of letters between his grandfather, Bernard Quaritch, and Sir Richard and Lady Isabel Burton. Two letters, dated 12 December 1978 and 1 January 1979. Plus a further letter from Helen Cordell, Honorary Librarian Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr J R Jones of Bernard Quaritich Ltd regarding the whereabouts of these letters, dated 21 May 2003.