Showing 8773 results

Letter to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary in which the writer thanks Hoysted for his note and writes that he is sending a copy to Professor Turner, with remarks about, the Decade Index. He also responds concerning the Prize Essay. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 18 December 1939.

Letter to Charles Beckingham, from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, dated 11 March 1970, concerning Library Regulations.

Letter to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which the writer is sending a few papers as specimens of measurements he was trying to collect. He mentions Jang Bahadur's son. He has sent the letter with a man who offered himself to collect animals. The writer ask Hodgson if he knows the man and if he finds him acceptable. Finally he asks if Hodgson would lend one of his ponies to Campbell. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 21 April 1855.

Letter to Barbara Ingham, the sender's name erased. They thank her for her letter and for her colour photographs of the cave paintings at Ajanta and explain the work being undertaken in the caves to restore/uncover the paintings. They also explain the difficult conditions and request Barbara Inghman to write to tell how far she has got in her Guidebook on Indian monuments.

Letter to Angus Graham to provide the name of Julian Shuckburgh as a potential Literary Agent for Reason and Spontaneity.

Letter to Angus Graham from a M.A. student at the University of California, Berkeley, to discuss his thesis on the reconstruction of the Tactical chapters of the Mo-tzŭ and to ask if Graham would be willing to comment upon it. Letter is incomplete.

Letter to Angus Graham concerning Graham's paper on Chuang-tzu and the imperative as concerning living a life. Typed on paper with Columbia University letterhead, illegible signature, undated.

"Letter to a friend, No.1". Single typed sheet of an incomplete manuscript about a young man's regrettable behaviour.

Letter sent from [Dr Frahnoi], Secretaire General, L'Academie Hongroise des Sciences on behalf of S. Duka, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the return of two letters of Alexander Csoma de Koros (1784/8-1842, Hungarian philologist and Orientalist, author of the first Tibetan-English dictionary and grammar book). On reverse Hodgson has written "Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Oct 1882". Handwritten in French with printed header, 1 side, dated 23 September 1882

Letter from Philippa Vaughan, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr. C. Wight, Events Officer, The British Library, to confirm the date of the lecture and arrangements regarding publicity and pricing.