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Correspondence and notes regarding the negotiations for leaving the premises. Letters between the Royal Asiatic Society, their solicitors, and those of Asprey and Co. Ltd. regarding the deal to be struck for the Society to vacate the premises. Also notes of decisions made by the Society.

Copies of the correspondence undertaken in the running of the Oriental Translation Fund between 1836 and 1849. The Volume is indexed according to correspondent.

Two letters from Clarence House to the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. These are:

• Letter from HRH Prince of Wales to express his thoughts to the Society during the time of disruption. Received as email attachment and printed, 1 piece, dated 15 April 2020.
• Letter from Catie Bland, PA to the Deputy Private Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwell, to Professor Anthony Stockwell, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for his letter and to state that HRH will be delighted to hear of the continuing work of the Society during lock-down and the plans for the Society's bicentenary celebrations. Typed with printed letterhead, 1 piece plus accompanying envelope, dated 6 July 2020.

Correspondence from Wang Jiaosheng to Angus Graham. These are: Letter from Jiaosheng Wang to Angus Graham thanking Graham for the advice he has given regarding publishers and for the comments that Graham has made on Wang's translations. He responds to the critiques and asks further question regarding publishers, 5 pages. Letter from Jiaosheng Wang to Angus Graham thanking Graham for the further advice he has given regarding publishers and asking for Graham to use his influence with Wellsweep Press, 6 pages.

Two cards from W.A.J. Semerjibashian to Richard Pankhurst.

• Card from W.A.J. Semerjibashian to send some photographs to illustrate some writing he had undertaken. The photographs are with the card. Dated 10 November 1983.
• Card from W.A.J. Semerjibashian to send a list he had received from Addis Ababa. The list is not with the card. Dated 12 March 1984.

• Letter from J.M. Lamb, Chairman, The London Chinese Association, to Secretary, China Society, to inform that Mr T.Y. Lee was elected Honorary Secretary of the Association and therefore future correspondence should be addressed to him, dated August 1931.
• Letter from T.Y. Lee, Honorary Secretary, to Silcock to state that he has been in contact with Mr F.T. Chang regarding meeting Members of the London Chinese Association, dated 19 August 1931.

Letter from B. Buribhand, Department of Fine Arts, Bangkok, to H.G. Quaritch Wales to inform him that the items he had send to the National Museum have been received in good condition and to thank him for his kindness.

Letter from Tehmuras Dinshaji Anklesaria to Edward William West in which Tehmuras addresses some questions and thoughts he has about the collation of a copy of the Bundehesh he encountered in Persia. With the letter are several transcriptions:

• "Backside of the leaf 178 of the MS. Of Dastur Jamasjee Lines 16 - 21,"in which is inserted "Kolophon on DS. fol. 354 (N.2 on accompanying paper)"
• "No. 4 Leaf 190 of the MS. of Dastur G."
• "Duplicate cancelled", p.81-84
• Part of the "DS MS. with which T.D. is collated"

This series consists of 2 letters from Sir Monier Monier-Williams to Bernard Quaritch concerning supplying Quaritch with copies of his publication, Indian Wisdom.

Eight letters plus two partial letters from Sarah Payne to Thomas Manning. These are newsy letters asking after Manning's health and telling about her own, some to his home in Dartford and some to Manning in Bath where he has gone for his health or at the home of George Tuthill in London. They mention Mr Ball and her cousin Henry Burney. Those dated, 1834-1838. All handwritten, 10 pieces (Sarah Payne was the wife of John Payne of Payne & Foss Booksellers)