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Reference code
GB 891 BHH-BHH/11-BHH/11/14
Title
List of MSS presented to the India Office
Date(s)
- 1858 - 1864 (Creation)
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"List of MSS presented to the India Office." List of manuscripts. The list seems to have initially been a store list for Hodgson compiled in 1858 but became the list of MSS given to the India Office in 1864. Along with the list is a copy of the letter from Hodgson to the Right Honorable Sir C Wood, Secretary of State for India, in which Hodgson writes concerning the acceptance of his donation for the India Office Library and lists the articles to be given. Both handwritten, list, 2 pieces, 4 sides; Letter, 4 pieces, 13 sides, dated 1858-1864.
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Language of material
- English