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Cote
GB 891 WP-WP/4-WP/4/1-WP/4/1/17
Titre
Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew, 22 November 1935
Date(s)
- 22 November 1935 (Création/Production)
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Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
1 letter
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
(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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Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew, confirming receipt of Pettigrew's manuscript on archaic Meitei. Typed, dated 22 November 1935.