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Auction: 22066 - Historical Documents, Postal History & Autographs - Featuring the Robin Hunt Collection
Lot: 2044

India
Bhutan
1857-1874: The Papers of Major-General J.M.Graham. A manuscript account of his involvement in the Indian Mutiny (2pp) where "they offered Rs10,000 for my head!", together with a statement of his military service in India. Including a 6 page printed document dated 1872, endorsed "Confidential" in ink regarding Graham wishing to "be Bhutan Boundary Commissioner", notes on setting the boundary and a manuscript map pasted within the document delineating part of the boundary and "land suitable for opium". With a printed despatch from Fort William, Jan 1874 regarding the Looshai Expedition, (4)

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