File BHH/1/146 - Letter from Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian, British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 18 December 1855

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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/146

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Letter from Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian, British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 18 December 1855

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  • 18th Dec 1855 (Creation)

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Letter from Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian, British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to acknowledge receipt through Major General Scott of Hodgson's work on the importance of the vernacular languages in education. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 18 December 1855.

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