Box Coll-2106 - Box 2

Scope and Contents Johann Gottfried Schweighäuser (1776-1844), archaeologist, Autograph Letter Signed 1811, on oriental subjects.1 Letter - 2 February 1811, Antwerp. Dense, eight-page letter addressed to Count Launjuinais. Schweighaeuser sends compliments to the Count and gives him some updates on his recent work. He also describes his research into ancient Persian religion based on the Zend Avesta texts and the memoirs of Anquetil-Duperron. This research has convinced him that there is a...

Scope and Contents Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758-1838), orientalist, Autograph Letter Signed 1806.1 Letter - 24 October 1806, Paris. Sacy sends an update to Lanjuinais about the approaching election at L'institut de France for the Classe des Inscriptions. He reports that there have been complaints about the voting method. He expresses his doubts that Lanjuinais will be successful in the election as Mr Barbié de Bocage seems to be the most popular choice and recommends he also support Mr...

Scope and Contents Pierre Sonnerat (1749-1814), naturalist and traveller, Autograph Letter Signed Pondicherry 1787. 1 Letter - 16 October 1787, Puducherry. Letter addressed to Mr Galles in Paris. Sonnerat gives updates of recent events in the region, saying that the English feel their position is unstable. He describes the new governor's (Thomas Conway?) arrival and expresses regret at the loss of the previous governor, David Charpentier de Cossigny. He describes some of his travels from the...

Scope and Contents Edward Geoffrey Stanley, Earl of Derby (1799-1869), British statesman, Autograph Letter Signed 1858 about Indian Mutiny. 1 Letter - 9 November 1858, London. A letter addressed to Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. The letter concerns the Indian Mutiny/Rebellion. Derby requests approval for a draft which would increase European Artillery serving in India. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Two pages with typed description of the letter and purchase information....

Scope and Contents Adolf Friedrich Stenzler (1807-1887), Indologist and orientalist, 2 Autograph Letters Signed 1831 + 1869.2 letters, 1 half letter to Stumpff from an auction house offering more material on Stenzler, 1 cover from a previous owner, inscribed "Stenzler, Ad. Friedr., Sanskritist 1807-87".- Letter 1: 4 August 1869. Stenzler sends a colleague 5 copies of his book on the elements of the Sanskrit language.- Letter 2: 26 August 1831, written in English. Stenzler thanks...

Scope and Contents Walther Stötzner (1882-1965), explorer, Autograph Postcards Signed, 1927.1 postcard. Undated. Stötzner writes to Dr Buschan from the Gesellschaft für Völker- u. Erdkunde in Stettin (society for ethnology and geography) about the time and place for a lecture is going to be holding. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical note, physical description of the postcard, purchase information. Excerpt from an encyclopedia on Stötzner. Transcription...

Scope and Contents Gustav Stratil-Sauer (1894-1975), geographer and explorer, 3 Autograph Letters Signed, 1971-1973.3 letters.- Letter 1: 8 January 1971. Birthday congratulations to a friend.- Letter 2: 9 January 1972. 75th birthday congratulations to a friend.- Letter 3: 1 February 1979. Stratil-Sauer thanks his friend for sending him a copy of his book, and for dedicating it to him. He praises the work on Alexander and asks some questions about the historical context. ...

Scope and Contents Károly Jenő Ujfalvy de Mezőkövesd (1842-1904), explorer and linguist, Autograph Postcards Signed, 1887, Autograph Letter Signed 1883.1 postcard, 1 letter, biography.- Postcard 1: 16 January 1886. Written in French. Suffering from knee pain, he thanks his correspondent for sending him a book by [or possibly on] Homer.- Letter 1: [1. or 11. or 16.] January 1883. The author sends an article for publication in a journal. Biography: manuscript written in English by a previous...

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Constantin de Volney (1757-1820), orientalist, philosopher and statesman, Autograph Document Signed for the British Sanskritist Alexander Hamilton (1762-1824).

1 Document
- 23 August 1804, Paris. A petition regarding a residence permit for the British Indologist Alexander Hamilton.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: One page of biographical notes and a transcript of the letter.

Transcription included in the file? Yes.

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Sophia Wadia (1901-1986), Indian theosophist and writer, Typewritten Letter Signed 1937.

Acquired with Coll-2106/86, along with a photograph.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff:

Transcription included in the file? No.