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Letter from Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian, British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to acknowledge receipt through Major General Scott of Hodgson's work on the importance of the vernacular languages in education. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 18 December 1855.

Letter from Henry Cousens to Miss Hughes, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to send to the Society photographs that had belonged to Dr Burgess, including prints of the sculptures of the Great Sanchi stupa, the Caves of Western India, Gandhara sculptures and the Amaravati Marbles at the Madras Museum. Handwritten letter.

Letter from Henry Beveridge to Oliver Codrington, Honorary Librarian to the Royal Asiatic Society, in which he writes about corrections and variations in translations of the Memoirs of Jahāngīr. Handwritten, with printed letterhead, "Pitfold, Shottermill, Haslemere", 1 piece, 4 sides, dated 24 September 1909.

Letter from Henry Beveridge to Charlotte Hughes, Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, in which he writes that he is enclosing the remainder of Alexander Rogers' manuscript. He writes that he has not had the last years typewritten but has corrected Rogers' translation. he writes that he feels that Rogers' Manuscript could now be destroyed as the account of the first 12 years has now been published. Beveridge suggests however that the manuscript for the years 19-22 should be kept as if may be useful in future years. Handwritten with printed letterhead, "Pitfold, Shottermill, Haslemere", 2 pieces, 5 pages, dated 5 May 1909.

Letter from Henry Beveridge to Charlotte Hughes, Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, in which he writes that he has now corrected the last galley proofs of Rogers' translation of the 12th year of the Memoirs of Jahāngīr to complete the first volume. He writes that the index is also nearly completed. He is also sending the 13th, 14th and part of the 15th years and will send more when he has received the type-written pages from Miss Pitherbridge. He writes that the translation need not go further than the 19th year. Beveridge also writes about some corrections that he has made to the translation. Handwritten letter with printed letterhead "Pitfold, Shottermill, Haslemere, R.S.O.", 2 pieces, 8 sides, dated 3 March 1909.

Letter from Helen Wallis, British Museum Map Room, to Terence Armstrong. The British Museum had been unable to trace a photographic order for Allen's book 'Russian Embassies to Georgian Kings'. Therefore they ask that it be resubmitted. Dated: 8 January 1968.

Letter from Helen Sarro, Assistant to the Director at New York University Press, to Angus Graham to send him a copy of The Dilemma of Contex t by Ben-Ami Scharfstein. Originally packed with Ben-Ami's Scharfstein's book The Dilemma of Context (Graham Collection).

Letter from Harold Roth to Angus Graham to send his comments on the "Kuan Tze" (Guanzi) chapter. Handwritten notes are with the letter.

Letter from Harold J. Dodge, Assistant Professor of Literature, Nankai University, to "Whom It May Concern" to recommend Hong-Bin Liu for graduate study.

Letter from H.A.R. Gibb to C.A. Storey to inform that he and Dr Arberry had met concerning the Presentation List for "Tadhkirat al-Mulūk". He tells that Minorsky has asked to see the list to make further suggestions.