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Add. MS b/37/119
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Copy letter from J. G. Frazer to John Roscoe
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- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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1 Brick Court, Temple, London, E.C.4. Dated April 10th. 1919 - Is pleased how things are turning out for the expedition [to Uganda]; has written to [Arthur] Hinks about the maps; has written to Denison Ross about [phonograph] records and a standard comparative vocabulary; will consult Macmillan about a new and improved edition of 'The Baganda'; as to the drugs, they don't think [Arthur] Keith is the person to apply to; will visit [Sir Peter] Mackie and thank him for his generosity; thinks his idea of a clerk is a good one; anticipates valuable results from the expedition.
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- Roscoe, John (1861-1932) clergyman, anthropologist (Subject)
- Grove, Lilly Mary (c 1880-1919) stepdaughter of Sir James George Frazer, translator (Subject)
- Hinks, Arthur Robert (1873–1945) astronomer and geographer (Subject)
- Ross, Sir Edward Denison (1871-1940) orientalist (Subject)
- Keith, Sir Arthur (1866–1955) Knight, museum curator and palaeoanthropologist (Subject)
- Mackie, Sir Peter Jeffrey (1855-1924), knight, whisky distiller and writer (Subject)