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Letter from Eleanor B Glyn, Netley Court, Southampton, to enclose a contribution to the Fund.

Letter from Mr Edward Likeman, Hon. Secretary of the Reading Literary and Scientific Society, to invite Campbell-Thompson, or another member of the Royal Asiatic Society, to lecture at the RLSS on the subject of Richard Burton.

Letter from F Grenfell-Baker to Campbell-Thompson, typed, with additional typed note in which he recounts small successes of publicity campaign for the Fund. He re-emphasises the need for "well-known names" to support the cause and casts doubt on the worth or likelihood of lecturing at the Reading Literary and Scientific Society.

Letter from Lord Chalmers to Norman Mosley Penzer to enclose a contribution of two guineas towards the Fund.

Letter from Norman Mosley Penzer to send a copy of the Minutes of Second Committee Meeting at which Lord Chalmers was elected chairman. Penzer writes that at the next meeting the design of the medal will be decided.

Letter from Norman Mosley Penzer to Reginald Campbell-Thompson in which he recounts that the second committee meeting went well. Penzer is out of a job and therefore asks for his expenses. Penzer's book is progressing slowly and should be out before Christmas. There is an annotation by Campbell-Thompson to record he sent Penzer a pound by cheque on October 12th 1922.

Letter from T.L. Wilson & Co., Solicitors, to Miss Sykes, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which he advises the preparation of a simple declaration of trust for the fund. He offers to submit a draft deed for approval.

Letter from R.J. Cunningham to send a contribution of £1 to the fund.

Letter from Norman Mosley Penzer to Miss Sykes to inform her that at a special committee meeting of the Burton Memorial Fund on 10th January it was resolved that after the die for the triennial medal had been purchased, then the Memorial fund balance and responsibility for the Medal is to be handed over to the Royal Asiatic Society.

Letter from R. Campbell-Thompson to Miss Sykes drafting approximate prices for the cost of casting medals and stamping deeds, and listing the funds at that time (£59.2.3). Undated.