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GB 891 TM-TM/5-TM/5/19-TM/5/19/6 · File · 29 September 1810
Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet

Letter from Joshua Marshman to Thomas Manning in which he sends translation for Manning to edit. He also relates that Mr Robinson and Mr [Cirnish] will be leaving in about a fortnight on the route that Manning intends to take. Mr Robinson intends to tramp the [Bowlam [?Bolan)] hills and may be a point of contact for Manning. He hopes that Manning will succeed and others may follow including the spread of religion. Dated 29 September 1810. Handwritten, 1 piece, 3 sides

GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/70 · File · 15th May 1845
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

Letter from Josiah Forshall (1795–1863), Secretary British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson on behalf of the Trustees of the Museum to thank Hodgson for his valuable present of a manuscript in the language of Tibet, being the Yum, part of the Prajnāpāramitā. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 15 May 1845. Additional notes in the autograph book state that Hodgson had given copies of the Prajnāpāramitā to different institutions and persons including the Royal Asiatic Society, the Bodleian Library, College of Fort-William in Calcutta (3 copies), and Eugène Burnouf at the Société Asiatique.

British Museum 1753- London, England
GB 891 RAS COLL3-RAS COLL3/6-RAS COLL3/6/2-RAS COLL3/6/2/2 · File · 28th Dec 1923
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Collections Acquisitions Records

Letter from J.S. Gahlot Jodhpur to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send copies of books to the Society with a request that reviews of them may be published in the next Journal. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides, dated 28 December 1923.

J.S. Gahlot Jodhpur
GB 891 ACG-ACG/18-ACG/18/5-ACG/18/5/3 · File · 10th Apr 1985
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

Letter from J.T.F. Jordens, Dean, Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, to Angus Graham to inform Graham about the Fellowships through the University. He asks Graham to inform him regarding a suitable time to take up the Fellowship.

Jordens J.T.F
Letter from Judith Jacob
GB 891 SS-SS/1-SS/1/108 · File · 11th Jan 1995
Part of Papers of Professor E.H.S. Simmonds

A letter expressing sympathy to Patricia. She writes of memories of Stuart, Harry and her plunging into the inscriptions in the damp basement of the Woburn Square House with Professor Luce.