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Letter from William Pettigrew to Christopher Gimson to say that he is looking forward to carry on the work in collaboration with Yumjao Singh. He asks if it is possible to send material to him in London for editing and printing. He further writes that the manuscript is now in New York but will be forwarded to London early next month. Typed, dated 6 February 1935.

Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew to say that when the manuscript arrives Yumjao Singh would get on with the work and return the manuscript to Pettigrew for criticism and suggestions. He further writes of the situation in Manipur. Handwritten, dated 15 March [1935].

Letter from William Pettigrew to Christopher Gimson, giving updates of his goods arriving from the US. He writes that he will send the material to him for Yumjao and that Yumjao can get on with the transliteration. He asks if the Assam government will share the expenses and hopes that the Darbar will be willing to help. Handwritten, dated 15 March [1935].

Letter from William Pettigrew to Christopher Gimson to say that they are hard on copying out the material he has which he will send on when done. He writes that there is some material left at Kangpokpi which he has asked Dr Tuttle of Gauhati to locate for him and send it to Imphal directly. Typed, dated 2 July 1935.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Rev. A. J. Tuttle, describing the material he left in a bungalow at Kangpokpi, including two archaic Manipuri scripts and their translations. He asks that the material, if found, be sent to Mr Gimson. The letter is incomplete. Typed, dated 2 July 1935.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Christopher Gimson, sending the typewritten material on. He hopes that Yumjao has more words to add to the list of vocabulary, and writes that he and Mrs Pettigrew are working on the historical part of the monograph at the British Museum and hope to add some more material to that portion. Typed, dated 9 July 1935.

Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew, confirming receipt of papers from Kangpokpi. He writes that Yumjao Singh has found that some leaves are missing and asks Pettigrew to send those on if he has them. Typed, dated 23 October 1935.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Christopher Gimson to say that Dr Werelius did not find the missing leaves. He writes that the only place these might be found is within the volumes of Sir George Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India which he left with his library at Kangpokpi. Typed, dated 22 November 1935.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Yumjao Singh to offer consolation to his loss. He further writes about the arrangement of the book contents for publication in three volumes, and the Manipuri manuscript forwarded by the India Office which they are studying. Typed, dated 18 May 1937.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Christopher Gimson to give details of the Manipuri manuscript discovered in the India Office Library. He sent three folios of the manuscript to Yumjao Singh through Gimson for his review and asks those to be returned when done. Typed, dated 29 May 1937.