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Letter from Vincent Smith in Gorakhpur to William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore, in which Smith declares the find to be of 'even greater interest than we thought' and that the characters 'may be as early as B. C. 300'. Dates Buddha 'floruit' BC 500, Asoka BC 270. Smith continues in a postscript that the best book on Buddhism is a small book by Rhys Davids, and another is Hardy's Manual of Buddhism. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 23 January 1898.

Letter from Vincent Arthur Smith to William Claxton Peppé in which Smith explains who Aśoka is, with dates, and gives an account of Xuanzang's visit to Lumbini and the broken Aśokan column he saw there, quoting from Beal and Julien. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 23 November 1897.

Letter from Vincent Smith, ICS, in Gorakhpur to W. C. Peppé in Birdpore, in which Smith explains that he has written about the Asokan pillar on a separate sheet so he can forward a copy to Gibbon. He congratulates Peppé on the birth of his son. Smith's wife is sailing out to join him. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 23 November 1897.

Letter from Vincent Smith in Gorakhpur to William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore with which Smith returns Peppé's maps and drawings of the vases. He has sent a copy of the inscription to Hoernle in Calcutta and hopes to have his translation soon. His note (to accompany Peppé's article for the JRAS) is complete apart from the inscription. He lists areas where he hopes that Peppé will continue excavation at Piprahwa. He writes that Griffin will take over his role. Handwritten, 4 sides, top right corner of the first page has been torn off, dated 28 March 1898.

Letter from Vincent Smith in Gorkhpur to William Claxton Peppé in Birdpore, in which Smith congratulates Peppé on his plans and inscription but goes on to say that he is compelled to retire earlier than planned. He explains that he has been insulted by being turned down for the Lucknow judicial bench. The Lieutenant-Governor has expressed his regret but Smith is determined to resign. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 3 March 1898.

Letter from Vladimir Minorsky to donate to the Library offprints of his articles. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides, dated 8 December 1938.

Letter from Vladimir Minorsky to Charles Ambrose Storey to send resumes of articles which may be of use to Storey in preparing his next volume of Persian Literature.

Letter from Vladimir Minorsky to C.A. Storey to inform that Heffer are going to print 500 copies of his book but he remembers there were more than 1000 copies of the translation. He wonders whether the Trust would consider publishing cheap copies of the translation without the Persian text? If this is not possible he asks that he could have 100 copies of offprints.

Letter from Vladimir Minorsky to C.A. Storey in which he writes that Professor Nicholson had informed him that Storey was likely to be the trustee-in-charge of his work on Safavid Administration. He asks whether Storey would be willing to look at his translation before he sends in the manuscript. This is to be printed before the rest but if Storey hasn't time they can speak of the matter once the galley proofs are ready. He also asks if Storey knows how he can find the description of Shah Ismail's Diwan marked Vat(ican) turc.221.

Letter from Vladimir Minorsky to C.A. Storey to thank Storey for his letter and to send his translations. He asks for Storey to write corrections on the copy and that he would be happy to discuss any complicated corrections. He gives some details of his working method for the translations.