Item BHH/4/4/2 - Letter from James Prinsep, Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 6 September 1838

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GB 891 BHH-BHH/4-BHH/4/4-BHH/4/4/2

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Letter from James Prinsep, Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 6 September 1838

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  • 6th Sep 1838 - 29th Oct 1838 (Creation)

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Letter from James Prinsep, Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to forward the medal and letter from the Asiatic Society of Paris which they had opened and shown at the last meeting the Asiatic Society. He also includes extracts from letters concerning Hodgson's publications from both Prinsep and from Mr Wilson, President of the Bombay Society. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 6 September 1838, 29th October 1838.

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