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↑ Up one levelLetter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew, 2 August 1934
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GB 891 WP-WP/4-WP/4/1-WP/4/1/6
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1 letter
Date(s)
- 2 August 1934 (Creation)
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Name of creator
Christopher Gimson
(1886-1975)
Biographical history
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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Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Scope and content
Letter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew, to say that as the papers for the monograph could not be found, the grant offered by the Archaeological Department has been relinquished. He writes that they should ask for a grant next year. Handwritten, dated 2 August 1934.
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