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O./11a.2/37
Title
Letter from Benjamin Webb to [William Whewell]
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- 14 Dec. 1857 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet.
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Offering the remains of his father-in-law William Hodge Mill's collection of Sanskrit manuscripts, mostly on astronomical subjects, to Trinity.
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Add. MS. a/367 is a file of letters including William Whewell's reply to Webb, 18 Dec. 1857.
The Sanskrit MSS in the collection now have the shelfmarks R.15.60-R.15.146, see Aufrecht's catalogue, below, for further details.
Add.MS.a/617: Papers of John Bentley relating to Hindu astronomy, acquired by Trinity with the Sanskrit MSS but not catalogued with them.
Publication note
For a catalogue of the MSS see Aufrecht, A Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. Cambridge and London, 1869.
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O.11.a.2/37