Box Coll-2106 - Box 2

Scope and Contents Calcutta, printed list of Indigo sales, 1861.2 Documents - Document 1: 19 January 1861, Calcutta. List of quantities sold and prices achieved between 9-18th of January, 1861. Includes names of companies and places of origin. - Document 2: Calcutta/Bordeaux. Envelope reading 'Revue Commerciale de Ruutz-Rees & Co. Calcutta.' Addressed to Monsieur A. Cabrol, Jeune. Covered in different stamps and postmarks. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Two pages...

Scope and Contents Madras, collection of correspondence, 1888-1915.2 postcards, 1 envelope.- Postcard 1: 28 January 1888. A.B. to Carl Theodor Simon. The author describes a long journey to see some temples and reach Ellora.- Postcard 2: 16 July 1915. Goveen Jesudasen Pillay to Stephan Th. J. Simon. The author will pray for the recipient on his birthday and feed the poor in his name.- Envelope: Addressed to G. Jesudasen Pillay. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Notes...

Scope and Contents Pondicherry, Autograph Letter Signed by French captain Alexandre Mathieu de Bargeton (1726-?), correspondent of Rousseau, Lorient 1778, mentioning British corsairs and possible capture of Pondicherry.1 letter (11 pages). 14 December 1778, Lorient, France. Letter from "Le Cher de Bargeton" [Chevalier de Bargeton]. There are notes from a former owner that the author could be Alexandre Mathieu de Bargeton (b 1726), however the dates do not match...

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Joseph Viktor Widmann (1842-1911), writer and critic, 2 Autograph Letter Signed, 1905.

2 letters.
- Letter 1: 27 August 1905. Unreadable, possibly a letter of thanks for reviewing his book.
- Letter 2: 7 [unreadable] 1905. unreadable.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Purchase information.

Transcription included in the file? No.

Scope and Contents Friedrich Wilken (1777-1840), historian and orientalist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1813, to Hammer-Purgstall.2 letters, 1 encyclopedia entry on Wilken.- Letter 1: 12 March 1813. Wilken is sad to hear that archaeological digging has ceased due to the war. He accepts an invitation to publish in the Wiener Litteratur-Zeitung (Vienna Literary Paper).- Letter 2: 23 August 1833. Wilken, on behalf of another party, sends an offer of 16.000 Reichstaler for the library of the late...

Scope and Contents Ernst Windisch (1844-1918), Indologist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1886.1 letter and 1 menu card.- Letter 1: 21 March 1886. Windisch sends a report by Whitley Stokes about mysterious words in the Terenzcodex to the chief librarian of the British Museum.- Menu card: 10 October 1899. "Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin: Mittagessen zu Ehren der Akademischen Delegirten". Menu card from a lunch given by the royal Prussian academy of science, signed by...

Scope and Contents Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1683-1719), theologian and missionary, Autograph Quotation Signed, 1715, in Tamil.1 entry from a "Stammbuch" (friendship book), 1 cover from the previous owner, 1 translation.- Stammbuch entry: 29 October 1715. 3 lines of Tamil. 2 lines of Latin. Signed by Ziegenbalg. Both sentences are about being called to be a Christian.- Cover: inscribed "Nr. 3438. Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg. Propst in der Mission zu Tranquebar. S....

Scope and Contents Erich Zugmayer (1879-1938), zoologist and explorer, Autograph Document Signed, 1930.1 document, 1 auction catalogue entry.- Document: 22 November 1930. Zugmayer writes an allegory: Europe is riding Asia like a horse, but will be bucked off soon.- Auction catalogue entry: Describes this document and adds biographical information about Zugmayer. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical information, physical description of the letter, purchase...

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Calcutta, business letter by Sauders, May, Sachies & Co., 1843.

1 Letter
- 21 October 1843, Calcutta. Addressed to H. Adam & Co in Mauritius. Concerns the export of workers from Bengal to Mauritius, whose government subsidies have been put into question.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Typed description of the letter, including purchase information. Typed transcription.

Transcription included in the file? Yes.

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Calcutta, 3 business letters written in 1834, 1847 and 1859.

There used to be a letter dated 1843, which appears to be the business letter by Saunders, May, Sachies & Co. It is now in Coll-2106/128.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff:

Transcription included in the file? Only 1 letter.