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INDIAN TELEGRAPH | INDIAN TELEGRAPH | ||
To Station Adyar Madras | To (Station) Adyar, Madras | ||
From (Station) Jammoo | |||
To (Person) [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]] | |||
Editor of [[The Theosophist (periodical)|the Theosophist]]. | |||
[[Damodar K. Mavalankar|Damodar]] left before dawn at about eight o'clock letters from him and [[Koot Hoomi|Koothumi]] found on my table — Don't say whether return or not — Damodar bids us all farewell conditionally and says brother | From (Person) [[Henry Steel Olcott|Colonel Olcott]] | ||
[[Damodar K. Mavalankar|Damodar]] left before dawn at about eight o'clock letters from him and [[Koot Hoomi|Koothumi]] found on my table — Don't say whether return or not — Damodar bids us all farewell conditionally and says brother [[theosophist]]s should all feel encouraged in knowing that he has found the blessed [[Masters of Wisdom|masters]] and been | |||
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by them. The dear boys recent | called by them. The dear boys recent development astonishing. Homey bids me await orders. | ||
Madras 25-11-83. Hour 17-30. | Madras 25-11-83. Hour 17-30. | ||
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* ''' | * '''Homey''' was probably a misspelling of [[Koot Hoomi]] by the telegraph operator. | ||
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Revision as of 21:22, 1 May 2014
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| People involved | |
| Written by: | H. S. Olcott |
| Received by: | H. P. Blavatsky |
| Sent via: | unknown |
| Dates | |
| Written on: | unknown |
| Received on: | November 25 or 27, 1883 - see below |
| Other dates: | none |
| Places | |
| Sent from: | Jammu |
| Received at: | Madras, India |
| Via: | none |
This is Letter No. 128 in Barker numbering. See below for Context and background.
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INDIAN TELEGRAPH To (Station) Adyar, Madras From (Station) Jammoo To (Person) Madame Blavatsky Editor of the Theosophist. From (Person) Colonel Olcott Damodar left before dawn at about eight o'clock letters from him and Koothumi found on my table — Don't say whether return or not — Damodar bids us all farewell conditionally and says brother theosophists should all feel encouraged in knowing that he has found the blessed masters and been |
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called by them. The dear boys recent development astonishing. Homey bids me await orders. Madras 25-11-83. Hour 17-30. |
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Context and background
Physical description of letter
The original is in the British Library, Folio 3. George Linton and Virginia Hanson described the letter and its companion, No. 115, in this way:
Two telegrams from HSO to HPB regarding the disappearance of DKM. The note on ML-129 from KH is in blue pencil, added probably while the telegram was in transit.[1]
Publication history
Commentary about this letter
Notes
- ↑ George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 184.