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GB 891 QW-QW/9-QW/9/1 · File · 1925
Part of Papers of Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales

Album, hardcover, black, labelled "Extracts & Cuttings Volume I, Bangkok 1925" containing newspaper cuttings from the Bangkok Times 1925-1926, of events and stories of Bangkok, a trip to Chiangmai and a trip from Saigon to Angkor, including the death of King Rama VI and the coronation, the court circular, reported 26 November 1925. It also includes The Daily Mail, report for Tuesday 21st June 1927 'Siamese Eastern Railway'.

GB 891 RAS COLL3-RAS COLL3/7-RAS COLL3/7/1-RAS COLL3/7/1/10 · File · 1973
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Collections Acquisitions Records

Extracted from Beckingham's History of the RAS, 1823-1973. List of donations extracted from "A History of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1823-1973", by C.F. Beckingham, found in The Royal Asiatic Society: Its History and Treasures" by Stuart Simmonds and Simon Digby (eds.), E.J. Brill 1979. This is an electronic document which was first created in 2007 and converted to an archival document in 2018.

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823- London, England
GB 891 BHH-BHH/5-BHH/5/20-BHH/5/20/1 · Item · 23rd Mar 1866
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

Extract of Letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Sir Frederic Currie in which he writes about being awarded the Star of the Legion d'Honneur for his work on Buddhism and his liberality in donation in making available the "riches of this new mine" to French scholars. He writes that his work has also been published in English journals and copies of works discovered were sent to London and Oxford before being sent to France. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 23 March 1866.

Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 Orientalist
GB 891 TM-TM/9-TM/9/8-TM/9/8/8 · File · 11 November 1795
Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet

"Extract of a Narrative affecting the Death of Mr Thomas Manning, Norfolk". Fictional account of Manning's death as a youth. In different hand at head of account is written "a very affecting narrative - worth printing BP". Dated within account as 11 November 1795. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 5 sides

GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/30 · File · 24th Feb 1850
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Correspondence Volume Two

'Extract of a letter of Dr. Atchison addressed to Colonel Sykes, dated Peshawar, 24 February 1850' in which he writes how he left Aurangabad to carry out Sykes' wishes for information about the Sulphur Range and the mineral hills around Peshawar. He has become well acquainted with the locality but cannot visit the range because of snow. He writes of the minerals that he has found and what would be necessary to mine and refine them. The letter describes also the geography and the inhabitants of the region.

Atchison T
GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/32 · File · 30th Mar 1850
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Correspondence Volume Two

'Extract of a letter from Lt. Pollock addressed to Colonel Sykes, dated Kohut, 30 March 1850' in which he writes about the salt mines of 'Malgeen'. These are one day's march from a place called Nakbund where sulphur ore can be obtained. Pollock describes his journey to the area and how the mine is not regularly worked. He has sent specimens to Peshawar for further analysis as his geological knowledge is not sufficient.

Pollock Frederick
GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/31 · File · 26th Feb 1850
Part of Royal Asiatic Society Governance: Correspondence Volume Two

'Extract of a letter from Dr Atchison, addressed to Colonel Sykes, dated Peshawar, 26 February 1850' in which he supplements his previous letter (RAS GOV7/30) with information about the 'Koree' and Khyber passes, the Jhelum river, the area around Rawal Pindee, and other geographical features on his journey.

Atchison T