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↑ Up one levelLetter from Christopher Gimson to William Pettigrew, 7 June 1935
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GB 891 WP-WP/4-WP/4/1-WP/4/1/11
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Published
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1 letter
Date(s)
- 7 June 1935 (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 the Darbar wishes to have all the papers in Manipuri, without which no accurate estimate of the cost of publishing can be made and no funds can be granted. Typed, dated 7 June 1935.
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