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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/81 · File · 26th Feb 1854
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

Letter from Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt to Brian Houghton Hodgson to Introduce Dr. Schlagintweit and his friend and request for help for them for their intended survey relating to physical geography, metrology and geology of Himalaya. Request for the same letters of recommendation as Dr. Hooker was privileged to have during his research and survey. Hodgson is addressed as long time friend to Humboldt, and Dr. Schlagintweit is referred to as a young friend and promising scholar of geography, geology, and metrology etc. Letter is attached with original envelope with Hodgson's note of received date, i.e. 20th April 1855. (Hodgson mss. in the British library have a draft copy of Hodgson's letter written in Nepali to the King of Nepal requesting for help for Dr. Schlagintweit in the same way help had previously been given to Dr. Hooker.) Handwritten in French, 1 side, dated 26 February 1854.

Humboldt Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von 1769-1859 Baron Naturalist, Explorer
GB 891 CAS-CAS/10-CAS/10/6-CAS/10/6/28 · File · 8 October 1958
Part of Papers of Charles Ambrose Storey

Letter from the Manager, Barclays Bank Limited, Paddington Branch, to Charles Ambrose Storey concerning the transfer Storey has requested.

Storey Charles Ambrose 1888-1967
GB 891 BI-BI/5-BI/5/5-BI/5/5/1 · File · 3 May 1981
Part of Papers of Barbara Ingham

Copy of a letter from Barbara Ingham to Timothy Ffytche appealing for advice on the case of a young girl who has a problem with her eyelids and asking whether she would be suitable for an operation in Calcutta (Kolkata).

GB 891 BI-BI/5-BI/5/1-BI/5/1/1 · File · 12 November 1974
Part of Papers of Barbara Ingham

Letter from Barbara Ingham to Sue Ingham, writing from India. She hopes that the family are settled in their new flat. She'd had difficulty with her excess baggage. She goes into detail about her daily life in India. Handwritten airletter, postmarked 12 November 1974