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GB 891 WP-WP/4-WP/4/1-WP/4/1/1
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Copy letters to Christopher Gimson, 1930-33
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- 1930-1933 (Création/Production)
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3 letters
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(1886-1975)
Notice biographique
Christopher Gimson joined the Indian Civil Service in 1911 and spent most of his career in Manipur, India, eventually becoming Political Agent there in 1933. He retired in 1947 and returned to Leicester, where he died in 1975. He was president of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society 1955–56.
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Three copy letters to Christopher Gimson, Political Agent in Manipur, forwarded to William Pettigrew:
- Letter from the Honorary Assistant Director of Historical and Antiquarian Studies, Assam, Gauhati, stating that a grant has been budgeted for the work on the monograph on Archaic Meithi and that government's sanction has been obtained, dated 10 June 1933
- Letter from the General Secretary, Asiatic Society of Bengal, to enquire the present position of the monograph and to communicate the Society's position to offer a substantial financial assistance, dated 10 December 1930
- Letter from the General Secretary, Asiatic Society of Bengal, reporting on the society's decision regarding the publication of a monograph on Archaic Meitei by William Pettigrew, dated 10 December 1930