Mahatma Letters that HPB kept

Mahatma Letters is a term applied by Theosophists to correspondence written or annotated by the Masters of the Wisdom. Most letters have been published in the books The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett, Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, and Mrs. Holloway and the Mahatmas. Other letters are still being located in private collections, and some have been presented in Unpublished Mahatma Letters.

The following ten unpublished letters form a special category because the Masters directed Helena Petrovna Blavatsky to preserve them. Each provides significant details about the history of the early Theosophical Society and its members. They are listed according to the date written.

Many thanks go to the private repository that recently transferred the letters to the Adyar Archives; to Daniel Caldwell and Doss McDavid, who got permission to have the documents scanned; and to Michele Sender, who transcribed the texts.

Letter Number	Author	Date Sent	Sent From	Addressee	Subject
Mahatma Letter of Sinnett to/from M - 1881-10-17	A. P. Sinnett, Morya	1881 October 17	Simla	Morya	Reaction to Mahatma Letter No. 29 about Hume
Mahatma Letter of Sinnett to/from M - 1881-11-??	A. P. Sinnett, Morya	1881 November	Allahabad	Morya	Mentions KH retreat began 1 month ago
Mahatma Letter of Sinnett to/from KH - undated	A. P. Sinnett, Koot Hoomi	[soon after 5 Aug 1881]	before removal to Simla	Koot Hoomi	Relationship of Sinnett with K.H.
Mahatma Letter of Sinnett to/from KH - 1882 or 1883	A. P. Sinnett, Koot Hoomi	sept 1881 or 1882	Allahabad or Simla	Koot Hoomi	Explaining views of A. O. Hume
Mahatma Letter of Sinnett to/from KH - 1883-06-09	A. P. Sinnett, Koot Hoomi	1883 June 9	London	Koot Hoomi	London Lodge, Mary Gebhard, Anna Bonus Kingsford
Mahatma Letter of Sinnett to/from KH - 1883-09-18	A. P. Sinnett, Koot Hoomi	1883 September 18	Wiesbaden	Koot Hoomi	End of Phoenix Venture
Mahatma Letter of Sinnett to/from KH - 1883-10-09	A. P. Sinnett, Koot Hoomi	1883 October 9	London	Koot Hoomi	End of Phoenix Venture
Mahatma Letter of Ward to/from KH - 1883-12-14	Samuel Ward, Koot Hoomi	1883 December 14	London	Koot Hoomi	London Lodge leadership
Mahatma Letter of Finch to Sinnett - 1883-12-21	G. B. Finch, A. P. Sinnett Koot Hoomi	1883 December 21	London	Koot Hoomi	London Lodge leadership
Mahatma Letter of Sinnett to/from KH - 1884-10	A. P. Sinnett Koot Hoomi	1884 October		Koot Hoomi	Kiddle incident, Coulomb affair