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Letter from Kwong-Loi Shun, University of California, Berkeley, to Angus Graham to inform him regarding a panel on Confucian ethical thought he is organising for the 1988 meeting of the Association of Asian Studies at which he hopes that Graham will be a discussant. With the letter is the Panel Session Worksheet for panel on The Source of Morality in Confucian Ethics, chaired by David Nivison.

Letter from Kwong-Loi Shun, University of California, Berkeley, to Angus Graham to thank him for agreeing to be a discussant for the panel and to give him details of the format of the panel.

Letter from L. C. Hopkins to Richard Winstedt, following his earlier letter of resignation [from the Council], stating that he would like to stay in touch with the Council proceedings and asking that a copy of the minutes of proceedings be sent to him in future, dated 17 October 1943. L. C. Hopkins was elected a member of the Council in May 1942.

Letter from La Société Belge d'Etudes Orientales regarding the formation of their Society and the honour to participate in the Royal Asiatic Society's Centenary celebrations. Typed letter with handwritten annotations, in French, dated 1 October 1922.
Also handwritten draft message from the L'Academie Roy de Belgique and La Société Belge d'Etudes Orientales. Handwritten, undated.

Letter from Lady Caledon to Annie Hodgson concerning a photograph that Annie had sent and concerning a memorial to Lady Canning to be put in the church at Darjeeling. She also mentions Dr Dicken's death. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 6 sides, dated 3 July [1862] (Lady Canning died November 1861)

Letter from Lady E Compton to Lady Smith (nee Belinda Sutherland Colebrooke) to send congratulations upon her wedding. She asks that Belinda writes to say that Belinda Smith will love her as dearly as Belinda Colebrooke did. Handwritten, dated 24 July 1823.

Letter from Lady Northampton to Lady Smith (nee Belinda Sutherland Colebrooke) to send blessings on her marriage and looks forward to her renewed connection with the family. Handwritten, dated 24 July 1823.

Letter from Lady Winstedt, accepting the Council’s invitation to become a non-paying Fellow of the Society, with the copy outgoing letter, dated 20-23 April 1967.

Letter from Lancelot Wilkinson, Political Agent at Bhopal, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his letter and the accompanying translation of the "Buddha disputation on Caste" which has amazed Wilkinson. The arguments expanded had angered Wilkinson's Pundit. He talks of other manuscripts and states that his own study has been guided by the principle of making them useful for the promotion of education and enquiry. He sends his [Shashces] Copy of the Jain inscription at Sanchees. He wishes to obtain a copy of Arya Bhats Siddhartha. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 11 May 1835.

Letter from Lancelot Wilkinson, Political Agent at Bhopal, to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he thanks Hodgson for sending a copy of the Wajra Soochi (Vajra-sūcī). Two or three scholars have taken copies. He wonders whether Hodgson would aid him in getting it printed and circulated. Wilkinson has just received an interesting work from a "native mathematical instrument maker and astronomer" - a Sanskrit version of the Elements of Euclid. He writes that the Begum and her nephew the Nawah are still at loggerheads. They have called a truce and the Lord has offered to negotiate terms of peace. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 11 September 1837.