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Archibald Campbell was appointed assistant surgeon in the East India Company's service in 1828. He first went to Nepal in 1830 as surgeon to the residency at Kathmandu, whilst Hodgson was resident, and left in 1838 after being sent by Hodgson to settle a boundary dispute with Sikkim. This accomplished he was given charge of the hill station at Darjeeling in 1840. Hooker and Campbell were imprisoned, in 1849, in an attempt by the Rajah of Sikkim to set up an exchange of runaway slaves. This failed and the Rajah lost his annual pension and some of his land was annexed. Campbell resided over Darjeeling from 1840-1862, during which time it became well-settled by Europeans. He retired to England in 1862 but continued to take an active part in projects affecting Darjeeling and other areas. This is reflected in the 1870s correspondence in this series. He was an active member of the Society of Arts and the Anthropological Institute. He died on 5 November 1874.
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Letter from Archibald Campbell to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he writes that they had had a long day at the Exhibition on the previous day and at 5 o'clock had decided to go home rather than to Hodgson's. Campbell writes he cannot find any authoritative document on the abolition of the Commercial Treaty with Nepal but from memos is under the impression that Britain has no commercial agreement whatever sanctioned by Treaty and suggests the sooner one is made the better. Taylor's lecture was well 'got up'. Campbell wishes that he and Hodgson might both see the paper that Halliday is supposed to have written. Handwritten, 1 piece, 4 sides, with accompanying envelope annotated by Hodgson. Dated 30 April 1873.
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