Statement of estate of William Forth at the time of his death, either on board ship from India or shortly after his arrival, listing his debts and assets.
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Statement of estate of William Forth at the time of his death, either on board ship from India or shortly after his arrival, listing his debts and assets.
Maharaja of Jammu and Kahmir Sir Pratap Singh papers.
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Letter, dated 27 Nov 1923, from Sir Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir 1885-1925, to Lord Curzon replying to the latter's lettersabout the Victoria Memorial Hall.
Letter, dated 29 May 1903, from Sir Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929), British Minister at Peking 1900-06, to Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Lieutenant-Governor of Burma 1903-05, suggesting a meeting with Barnes at Rangoon to discuss frontier matters and overland trade between Burma and Yunnan.
Letter, dated 2 Aug 1883, from Donald James Mackay, 11th Baron Reay (1839-1921), Governor of Bombay 1885-90, to the Provost of Hawick, regretting that he would be unable to attend the opening of the Art Exhibition.
Translation from the Persian of a letter of thanks, dated 28 Jun 1858, from Ali Murad Khan (1815-94), Mir of Khairpur, one of the Amirs of Sind, about his visit to Bombay.
Undated letter attributed to Sir James Brooke (1803-68), Raja of Sarawak 1841-63 to Dr Hamilton thanking him for the gift of a dog; also letter, dated 9 May 1896, from Sir Charles Johnson Brooke (1829-1917), Raja of Sarawak 1863-1917 inviting Governor Beaufort and his wife and daughter to visit.
'Burma - the assassination of Aung San: some remaining questions' by Kenneth C Walker, formerly member of Research Dept, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Letters to Lama Kazi Dawasamdup (d 1923), headmaster of Bhutea Boys School, Gangtok, Sikkim, official translator for Government of India, collaborated with W Y Evans Wentz on translation of 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead' (1927); from Sir Charles Alfred Bell, W L Campbell and others mainly concern...
Letters from Lt (later Capt) George Cracklow, Bengal Artillery 1852-64, to his mother chiefly describing his experiences during the Indian Mutiny, in particular the scene at Cawnpore following the massacre, and the second (Dec 1857) and final (Mar 1858) reliefs of Lucknow.