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Letter from Mrs E. Arbuthnot to T.W. Rhys Davids to inform him of the death of her husband at the Grosvenor Hotel where they were staying on their way home to Ramsgate. She asks what she may write about her husband for the Society.

Letter from Mrs M. Davis, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Harold Ingrams to inform him that his name was unaminously adopted by the President and Council to deliver the Burton Memorial Lecture and receive the Medal. This letter is torn so one corner is loose.

Letter from Mrs Nithyanandhan to Barbara Ingham so say she misses her wonderful company and practices the advice she gave her. She hopes Barbara got home alright and met her husband. The children are playing with the dolls she gave them and she requests a family photo to be sent if possible.

Letter from Mrs Nithyanandhan to Barbara Ingham thanking her for her advice.

Letter from [M.T.] to Daisy for a invoice for [paper]. Dated 9 April 1922. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

Letter from Muriel Turner, great-grand-daughter of Major-General Michael Rowlandson of the Madras Staff College, to send to the Royal Asiatic Society four notebooks belonging to Rowlandson to complement the two books of his printed works previously donated to the Society. Handwritten, dated 16 March 1982.

Letter from Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris to Brian Houghton Hodgson to ask him to subscribe to Hodgson's proposed publication about the zoology of Nepal. Handwritten in French with printed letterhead, 1 side, signed by Adrien de Jussieu, Director, Louis Cordier, Treasurer and Achille Valenciennes, Secretary, dated 18 June, 1838.

Letter from Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris to Brian Houghton Hodgson to acknowledge the collection of birds that Hodgson had sent via Nathaniel Wallich. Handwritten in French with printed letterhead, 2 sides, signed by Adrien de Jussieu, Director, Louis Cordier, Treasurer and Achille Valenciennes, Secretary, dated 28 April 1835. With accompanying note from [Eugene Jacquet] concerning l'Academie du Sciences. Handwritten in French, 1 side, undated.

Letter from "Nana Sahib Peshwa (Balaji Baji Rao) to Duttajee Sindia telling him of the probable defection of Ibrahim Khan and desiring him to pay Ibrahim in that case - [100...] on the spot". Letter in Marathi with description in English in a different hand.

Letter from Natalie Margaret Imeretinsky to W.E.D. Allen in which she gives family news and writes about her travels. Dated: 30 June 1958. In French.