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Correspondence from W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., Publishers and Booksellers regarding books required by Storey.

Correspondence from Vladimir Minorsky to Charles Ambrose Storey to discuss books and provide information for Storey's Persian Literature.

• 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)

Correspondence from Roger Ingpen to Oscar Eckenstein concerning Eckenstein's copy of the "Kasidah", 19 March 1915 - April 1915.

Correspondence from Richard A. May to Dennis J. Duncanson asking Duncanson to comment on the pages sent.

Two letters from Mrs Ethel Pettigrew to the Society regarding the donation of Pettigrew papers to the Society:

• Letter to the RAS Secretary to inform of William Pettigrew's death and his wish for the Society to have his papers, and to give a list of material in question, including that on archaic Manipur, dictionaries, grammars and books, dated 1 May 1943
• Letter to Richard Winstedt, RAS President, enclosing a revised list of the material to donate to the Society, with a postscript saying that the material has been sent to the Society in two parcels, dated 26 May 1943