File TJN/1/25 - Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, 6 November 1847

Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, apologizing that official duties have prevented him from "doing anything in the literary way". He writes he has a good deal of information in journals on Syria, as yet untouched. He hopes to send some on his camel trip to Palmyra, and notes on the Gypsies of Egypt before too long. He asks that when his Syria Papers are printed would Clarke send the spare copies. He writes that he had offered his services as a volunteer on the scientific expedition over the mountains of Tibet but the expedition had already left Simla before his application reached Lord Hardinge. Newbold is still attending the Asiatic Society but is otherwise busy with official duties.