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GB 891 BHH-BHH/1-BHH/1/5
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Letter from Sir Charles Metcalfe to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 1 December 1828
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- 1st Dec 1828 (Creation)
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Lord Charles Theophilus Metcalfe had a long and extensive career in colonial administration both in India and Canada. At the time that of writing this letter, he was Resident at Delhi.
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Letter from Sir (later Lord) Charles Theophilius Metcalfe to Brian Houghton Hodgson to express his good wishes for progress and prosperity, and personal assurance of support for Hodgson's appointment as British resident in Nepal. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 1 December 1828.