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Letter from Mr D.J. Duncanson, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, Secretary-General of The Asiatic Society, to thank him for his letter which had unfortunately reached England after the Society's closure and therefore he had only received it the previous week. He regrets that he could not be at the presentation but thanks Dr Chaudhuri for his speech. He thanks him for his invitation to lecture but regrets that will not be possible. Typed, dated 9 September 1984.

Letter from Mr D.J. Duncanson, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr Chandan Roy Chaudhuri, Secretary-General of The Asiatic Society, to inform him of the Award of the Gold Medal to Sukumar Sen and that the Deputy High Commissioner had agreed to present it. He is writing in case The Asiatic Society might like to be involved. Typed, dated 19 June 1984. Also handwritten draft.

Letter from Mr D.J. Duncanson, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to A.V. Hayday, Deputy High Commissioner, Calcutta, to thank him for undertaking to present the Award. The Society is looking for a safe way to transport the Medal. He has also written to Dr. Chaudhuri of the Asiatic Society to tell him of arrangements. Typed, dated 19 June 1984. Also handwritten draft of this letter.

Letter from Mr and Mrs C.A. Whiting and family to send a donation of £20 for the Lady Nuffield Home.

Letter to Thomas Manning from the Mr and Misses Wilkins. The father and three daughters each write in turn expressing their joy at receiving Manning's letter and their concerns for his health, wealth and happiness. One mention a parcel arriving from Canton and wonders whether these are the pencils that Manning had mentioned in his letter (see TM/5/4). Handwritten, dated Newnham, 12 April 1808. 1 Piece, 3 sides

Letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) to Colonel Burrowes to ask him to thank Mr Hodgson for his favourable opinion of Elphinstone's effort in the field of Indian diplomacy. He praises Hodgson's studies. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 24 June 1858, with accompanying envelope.

"Letter from Moraba to Nana Furnevees (Fadnavis) dated 2 April 1769". Moraba was the cousin of Nana Fadnavis, who accompanied the Peshwa, Madhu Rao, and wrote under his orders. The letter is in Marathi with the title in English in a different hand.

Letter from Mohammad Shafi, Principal, Panjab University, Lahore, concerning articles written for the Woolner Commemoration Volume for which the University has found an alternative printer.

Letter from M.J. Daly, Publications Officer, SOAS, to Angus Graham to thank for his note and agreement to pay some of the cost towards the publication. Undated.

Letter from M.J. Daly, Publications Officer, SOAS, to Angus Graham to state that he couldn't find the file that Graham had wanted to submit to the Publications Committee in Graham's office.