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Letter from the President and Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to request the presence of Representatives of Societies at the celebration of the Society's Centenary and to ask those who propose to read papers at the event to communicate their titles. The President is Lord Chalmers of Northiam.

Letter from the President and Council of the Royal Asiatic Society to request the presence of Representatives of Societies at the celebration of the Society's Centenary and to communicate the titles from those who propose to read papers at the event. The President is Lord Chalmers of Northiam.

Letter from the Raja of Bettiah to Brian Houghton Hodgson with best wishes and thanks for helping to restore the hereditary title and related power of the Raja (riyāsat of Bettiah) from the British Indian Government, which were previously ignored by the Commissioner of Patna; request for further help in order to restore the rights over lands and territory of the Hathuwā area from the disputing local hereditary feudal lords known as Chatradhārī sāhī jimidār by approaching Mr. Charles Tucker Shaheb, local British administrator; history of the dispute over two generations between the Raja of Bettiah and these feudals over the hereditary rights to certain lands and territory in the said area; information on earlier efforts towards a settlement by sending Mr. (Robert) Ferguson Saheb, collector of Bettiah. There is also an accompanying note from Hodgson explaining the letter on what had perhaps acted as the envelope. Handwritten in Hindi with Hodgson's note in English, 2 pieces, dated [1838].

'Copy of a letter from the Reverend Dr. Stevenson, addressed to Colonel Sykes, dated Poona (Pune), 14 October 1846, on [Samashtian] Coins'. Stevenson explains how the coins were found in an uncultivated field and brought to auction in Pune. He bought 100. He is sending some of the them to Sykes. He describes the coins and transcribes some of the inscriptions.

Letter from The Reverend Stephen Williams, Senior Chaplain, University Chaplaincy, to Patricia Simmonds to write after the memorial service and how much he enjoyed conducting the service.

Copy of a letter from the Royal Anthropological Institute to offer congratulations on the Royal Asiatic Society Centenary. Signed by C.G. Seligman, President.

Copy of a letter sent from the Royal Asiatic Society to Mary Fairs to acknowledge her letter informing them concerning Professor Margoliouth's Gold Medal and expressing their comments that it seemed entirely appropriate that the Medal should be held at New College, Oxford. Typed letter, dated 2 July 1980.

Letter from the Royal Institute of British Architects to Silcock concerning the use of illustrations.

Letter from The Royal Mint to Miss D. Crawford, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the estimate would arrive in due course and that to assess whether they could carry out the work, they would need to see the dies. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 10 June 1977.

Letter from The Royal Mint to Miss D. Crawford, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose the replica medal they had been lent. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 3 August 1977.