File WCP/1/2 - Letter from Vincent Arthur Smith to William Claxton Peppé, 23 November [1897]

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GB 891 WCP-WCP/1-WCP/1/2

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Letter from Vincent Arthur Smith to William Claxton Peppé, 23 November [1897]

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  • 23rd Nov [1897] (Creation)

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Smith Vincent Arthur 1848-1920 Indologist

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Letter from Vincent Smith, ICS, in Gorakhpur to W. C. Peppé in Birdpore, in which Smith explains that he has written about the Asokan pillar on a separate sheet so he can forward a copy to Gibbon. He congratulates Peppé on the birth of his son. Smith's wife is sailing out to join him. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 23 November 1897.

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