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Letter from William Neal, Collector, to Dr Bohrmauer, Imperial Library, Vienna, to send a copy of the Zapar Nameh Persian Manuscript on loan for one year. He is asked to acknowledge receipt. The Society's patronage has been requested for Dr Bohrmauer's forthcoming work and this will be referred to Council when it meets in November. (Found on page 270)

Letter from William Neal, Collector, to John Alger, Plymouth, to return his cheque as, drawn on a Plymouth Bank, it is not 'available' in London. He is requested to make certain that his banker advises their London agent to pay the sum to the Society. (Found on page 218)

Letter from William Neal, Collector, to Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot in response to his suggestion that 'temporary residence on continent' enables him to claim non-resident membership. He is asked to reconsider this claim for remission which will be considered by Council. (Found on page 264)

Letter from William Newnham to the Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, London, accompanying a gift of a wooden model of "the Tomb in the Tower of Silence lately erected on the Island of Bombay", and the accompanying drawing and explanation of the ceremonies attending its erection and the reception of the Dead. The gift will be brought to the Society by his brother, Thomas Newnham. Dated 18th April 1833, handwritten, signature in a different hand to the letter, 1 piece, 4 sides.

Letter from William Peal to Dr Loewe to decline his request to be allowed to borrow a Turkish dictionary as the bye-laws of the Society prohibit works of reference from leaving the library. (Found on page 169)

Letter from William Peal, Collector, to the Cashier of the Devon and Cornwall Bank to request confirmation of a payment in respect of Mr Weymouth, a member of Society, to Messrs. Barclays & Co. (Found on page 158)

Letter from William Soulsby, Private Secretary to the Lord Mayor of London, to Lord Chalmers, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Lord Mayor would be happy to give a reception for the Centenary of the Royal Asiatic Society on 18 July. There are further pencil notes on the paper with a draft of the reply to the Lord Mayor.
This letter is loose in the scrapbook.

Letter from William Stephen Atkinson, Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to inform Hodgson that he had been elected an Honorary Member of the Society. He includes an extract from the report at his proposal. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 4 August 1858.

Letter from William S-Y Wang, Editor, Journal of Chinese Linguistics, to Angus Graham to send him a copy of Conal Boyce's article, Min sandhi in verse recitation and to ask Graham to contribute to a future Journal on the theme of linguistic analysis in Chinese poetry.

Letter from William Taylor, University of London, to Angus Graham to inform Graham that the title of Emeritus Professor of Classical Chinese had been conferred on him in recognition and appreciation of Graham's services to the University.