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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/107
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Letter from Lord Canning to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 4 January 1858
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- 4th Jan 1858 (Creation)
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Letter from Lord Canning to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his letter. Canning hopes to meet with Hodgson when he is in Calcutta and would particularly like to discuss how much capital an able-bodied fellow and his wife would need to make a start in the Himalaya. He asks whether Hodgson has heard anything of Jung Bahadur. Handwritten, 8 sides, dated 4 January 1858.
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- English