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GB 891 TM-TM/9-TM/9/1-TM/9/1/20 · File · [1790-1793]
Part of Papers of Thomas Manning, Chinese Scholar, First English visitor to Lhasa, Tibet

Drafts of speeches read out at Cambridge concerning the merits of two princes. One claims it was read in contradiction to the College regulations which commanded it to be recited by heart. The second and third are redrafts of the recited version with some "obnoxious passages" left out. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 8 sides; 1 piece,3 sides; 1 piece, 3 sides

GB 891 BHH-BHH/5-BHH/5/21-BHH/5/21/2 · Item · Mar 1866
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

Drafts of letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to the Christian Vernacular Education Society in which he replies on behalf of his blind father-in-law with a £5 donation and also enclose a £5 subscription from himself. He then writes on his views concerning education in India. 2 copies both handwritten, First 4 pieces, 10 sides, Second 2 pieces, 8 sides, both dated March 1866.

Hodgson Brian Houghton 1800-1894 Orientalist