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Add. MS a/543
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Letters from The Chogyal of Sikkim with a card from The Chogyal and The Gyalmo of Sikkim to D. H. Marrian
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- 1972-1978 (Creation)
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3 sheets, 1 card with an inner sheet with a photographic print pasted on
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Typed letters, the first dated 1 June 1972 concerns plans for the recovery of Rimpoche Tulku Sogyal from a tubercular infection in the stomach and his future studies at Trinity College, and his pleasure that his son Tenzing is doing well. A letter 24 Apr. 1978 thanks Marrian for his condolence letter on the death of Tenzing. Accompanied by an undated Christmas card signed Thondup & Hope with a photograph of Khangchendzonga from Dzongri.
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- Namgyal, Palden Thondup (1923-1982), 12th Chogyal of Sikkim (Subject)
- Sogyal Rinpoche (1947-2019), Tibetan Dzogchen lama (Subject)
- Namgyal, Tenzig Kunzang Jigme (1952-1978), Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Sikkim (Subject)
- Cooke, Hope (b 1940), Gyalmo of the 12th Chogyal of Sikkim and historian (Subject)