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Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary to say that he will bring ‘Chin-Lushai Land’ or ‘A Fly on the Wheel’ when he visits the Society. He asks for any updates from Professor Henderson about progress in the study of the old Manipuri language and script. With reply from Diana Crawford, RAS Secretary. Two letters, dated 9–13 June 1967.

Letter from Christopher Gimson to RAS Secretary, asking for updates on the Society’s communication with SOAS in regards to the promotion of the study of Manipuri history. The letter was forwarded to Professor Eugénie Henderson, SOAS, who replies to give her full support but also writes of the difficulty, and writes that she is willing to meet Gimson in London to discuss further. Six letters, dated 12 October–12 November 1965.

Letters to members encouraging them to sign a seven-year covenant, from which the Society can reclaim income tax on subscriptions. These include one letter from Sir Richard Winstedt, RAS President, datable to 1943-1946, and the other from Mrs M. Davis, RAS Secretary, datable to 1947, with an undated Deed of Covenant form and a printed notice on covenanted subscriptions.

Two template letters from the RAS Secretary inviting the recipient to be proposed as a member of the Society, with details of types of membership and their subscription fees, undated.

A template letter from Sir Ralph Lilley Turner, RAS President, to participants of the Congress of Orientalists, inviting them to join the Society as a member, undated. 2 copies.

These 4 letters concern Abel Yen's service to Manning and the use of his dictionary.

• Letter from Abel Yen to Thomas Manning after his recommendation by Elphinstone. He mentions Elphinstone and Ball and the dictionary in his possession. Undated, handwritten in Latin, 1 piece, 1 side
• Note from Abel Yen to Thomas Manning to accompany his dictionary. Undated, handwritten in Latin, 1 piece, 1 side
• Letter from Abel Yen to Thomas Manning. He mentions a letter from Ball. Undated. Handwritten in Latin, 1 piece, 1 side
• Letter from Abel Yen to Thomas Manning. Undated, Handwritten in Latin, 1 piece, 1 side.

Letters from Alan Tritton and T. Richard Blurton to Giles Tillotson accepting their position on the Burton Memorial Medal Committee.

Letters from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to Hamilton A.R Gibb and Norman Mosley Penzer in which he sends an invitation to have a cup of tea before the Committee Meeting on February 3rd.

Photocopies of letters from Dennis J. Duncanson to unknown recipient, regarding the Dang Can Lao party. Handwritten on University of Kent at Canterbury paper.

Two letters from Georg Bühler to T.W. Rhys Davids, both written on the 31st August 1888. The first is a covering letter to Rhys Davids to suggest the name of a possible translator and to remind Rhys Davids about a poem described in the Catalogue that Bühler has been promised. The second letter, in response to a printed letter sets out details of work that might be translated under the patronage of the Royal Asiatic Society.