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              GB 891 WST-WST/3-WST/3/2-WST/3/2/3 · Item · 1780 - 1847
              Part of Papers of Arthur Anderson, Clement, Edward William, Henry, and Walter West

              Three extracts taken from earlier sources regarding the Salsette Caves. First are extracts translated from a French Translation of Carsten Niebuhr's 1780 Voyage en Arabic (Arabian Voyage). The second are extracts from a 1847 work by Dr. J Bird. Third, extracts from J. B. 'Selby's' (Seely?) 1825 Wonders of Ellora. And finally, Notes on Kanheri from James Fergusson's 1845 Rock Cut Temples.

              These are pages 3 to 5 on the folder list.

              GB 891 WST-WST/3-WST/3/2-WST/3/2/6 · Item · (1855 - 1860)
              Part of Papers of Arthur Anderson, Clement, Edward William, Henry, and Walter West

              A handwritten draft written by Edward William West for an article published in the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1860. Included are also three pages of draft prints of the inscriptions which were included in the publication.

              This is number 8 on the folder list.

              West Edward William 1824-1905
              GB 891 WST-WST/3-WST/3/2-WST/3/2/1 · Item · 1852 - 1853
              Part of Papers of Arthur Anderson, Clement, Edward William, Henry, and Walter West

              A smaller piece of card and paper pasted onto a sheet of folscap paper. The first is an impression of what is believed to be a coin found in front of Cave No. 7 in November 1852, with a brief explanatory note dated January 1853. The second is a letter dated to approximately June 1853 sent from Henry West to a Dr. Wilson containing a copy short inscription from Kanheri.

              The addressee is most likely John Wilson, once President of the Bombay Asiatic Society, Bombay Cave Temple Commission and lobbyist for the Archaeological Survey of India. This is indicated to on the folder list; 'Dr. J. Wilson'.

              West Henry Engineer