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Letter from William Pettigrew to Christopher Gimson to say that Yumjao Singh will have to look up other period of the Manipur Chronicles for his enquiry regarding Europeans visiting Mecklei, and that he doubts any relevant papers were sent to Manipur. He encloses some notes on the subject for Yumjao (with the letter). Typed, dated 11 November 1937.

Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew acknowledging receipt of his letter and notes. He writes that the monograph will be completely ready in 3 or 4 months. Typed, dated 3 December 1937.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to William Pettigrew to arrange a meeting to discuss the publication of Yumjao Singh's monograph. Typed, dated 21 December 1937.

Letter from Dr H. N. Randle, Librarian of India Office, to William Pettigrew to say he has nothing to report on early Manipuri history but suspects Manipur was referred to as 'Cathay' in old travellers' remarks. He writes that he has spoken with Professor Bhuyan who suggested two sources for further research. Handwritten, dated 3 January 1938.

Letter from Colonel Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to William Pettigrew to ask when Christopher Gimson will be in London. He further writes about consulting copies of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal at the RAS Library. Typed, dated 13 May 1938.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Yumjao Singh to enquire the whereabouts of the manuscript of the proposed monograph after Gimson's departure from his office and Manipur. He further writes about the difference of early Manipuri words shown in Hodson's translation of 'Numit Kappa' and Yumjao's copy of 'Naothingkhong Kaba' and asks for Yumjao's thoughts on this. Typed, dated 25 May 1938.

Memorandum by Colonel Hoysted on Yumjao Singh's book, reporting on his meeting with Christopher Gimson. This concerns the book's title, publication prospect and possible financial support, dated 29 June 1938.

Bibliography listing 10 published works relating to the Manipuri language, Maipur and Asam. The list is undated.

Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew to say that he has written to Stewart to ask when the monograph will be ready. He asks Pettigrew to meet him when in London, and writes that until the papers from Manipur reaches the Society it's difficult to say what the procedure would be for publication. Handwritten, dated 22 September 1938

Letter from Dr H. N. Randle to William Pettigrew to say that in the library's collection of Hodgson manuscript there is an English-Manipuri-Songpu vocabulary of 30 folios by Captain Gordon, in case it should be of his interest. Handwritten, dated 12 October 1938