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[[File:Olcott_in_1884.jpg|140px|thumb|Col. Henry Steel Olcott]]
[[Henry Steel Olcott|Col. Henry Steel Olcott]] was devoted to the [[Masters of the Wisdom]]. They trusted him as their agent in the wide range of activities required to establish the [[Theosophical Society]] as a viable institution for conveying the teachings of [[Theosophy]]. He was frequently asked to help train new [[Chela|chelas]].
 
He received instructions, encouragement, – and sometimes rebukes – from six of the [[Mahatma|Mahatmas]]: [[Morya]], [[Koot Hoomi]], [[Serapis Bey]], [[Tuitit Bey]], [[Hilarion]], and [[Narayan]]. Olcott's relationships with these Masters come vividly to life in his correspondence.
 
The letters were almost all published by [[Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa|Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa]] in the [[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'']], First Series and Second Series. Two letters became known through other publications. The documents been listed in a '''chronological sequence''' devised by Daniel H. Caldwell. An internal '''navigation system''' guides readers to previous and next letters within the universe of Olcott's Mahatma letters.
 
In addition to the letters documented in this table, Olcott was frequently mentioned in [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]. That volume includes two letters addressed to HSO – '''[[Mahatma Letter No. 103a]]''' and '''[[Mahatma Letter No. 110]]''' – and two telegrams that the Colonel wrote – '''[[Mahatma Letter No. 115]]''' and '''[[Mahatma Letter No. 116]]'''.
 
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! Date Received
! Date Received
! Where Received
! Where Received
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| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._16|'''LMW 1-16''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 19 November 1883
| Lahore
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._17|'''LMW 1-17''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
|
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._18|'''LMW 1-18''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 5 April 1884
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._19|'''LMW 1-19''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 22 August 1888
| S.S. Shannon
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._29|'''LMW 1-29''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
| 5 June 1886
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 7 June 1886
| Adyar
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._37|'''LMW 1-37''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| late August 1884
| Elberfeld
||-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._54|'''LMW 1-54''']]
| '''[[Narayan]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| August 1877
| New York
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._2|'''LMW 2-2''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 7 June 1886
| Adyar
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._3|'''LMW 2-3''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._3|'''LMW 2-3''']]
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._23|'''LMW 2-23''']]
| '''[[Serapis Bey]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 16 August 1876
| New York
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H. S. Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._24|'''LMW 2-24''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H. S. Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._24|'''LMW 2-24''']]
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| New York
| New York
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._26|'''LMW 2-26''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._23|'''LMW 2-23''']]
| '''[[Morya]]'''
| '''[[Serapis Bey]]'''
| October 1884
|  
|
|  
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 16 August 1876
| New York
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._54|'''LMW 1-54''']]
| '''[[Narayan]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| August 1877
| New York
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._27|'''LMW 2-27''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._27|'''LMW 2-27''']]
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| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]],'''<br>'''[[Morya]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]],'''<br>'''[[Morya]]'''
|  
|  
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._46|'''LMW 2-46''']]
| '''[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Blavatsky]],'''<br>'''[[Morya]]'''
| 24 March 1882
|  
|  
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 24 March 1882
| Calcutta
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._37|'''LMW 2-37''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._37|'''LMW 2-37''']]
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|  
|  
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 5 June 1883
| 15 June 1883
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._46|'''LMW 2-46''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._16|'''LMW 1-16''']]
| '''[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Blavatsky]],'''<br>'''[[Morya]]'''
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
| 24 March 1882
|  
|  
|  
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 24 March 1882
| 19 November 1883
| Calcutta
| Lahore
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._47|'''LMW 2-47''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._17|'''LMW 1-17''']]
| '''[[Morya]]'''
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 1884
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Mohini_-_LMW_2_No._63|'''LMW 2-63''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Mohini Mohun Chatterji|Mohini]]'''
| 1884
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Pillai_-_LMW_2_No._64|'''LMW 2-64''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[R. Keshava Pillai|Pillai]]'''
| 1882
| Nellore
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Pillai_-_LMW_2_No._65|'''LMW 2-65''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[R. Keshava Pillai|Pillai]]'''
| mid September 1882
|  
|  
|
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Pillai_-_LMW_2_No._66|'''LMW 2-66''']]
| [[Mahatma Letter to H. S. Olcott - Hodgson Report|'''Hodson Report''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
| '''[[Morya]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''[[R. Keshava Pillai|Pillai]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 1882
| 17 Dec 1883
| aboard railway car
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Pillai_-_LMW_2_No._67|'''LMW 2-67''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[R. Keshava Pillai|Pillai]]'''
| December 1883
| Adyar
| Adyar
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Hübbe-Schleiden_-_LMW_2_No._68|'''LMW 2-68''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._18|'''LMW 1-18''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''[[Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden|Hübbe-Schleiden]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 1 August 1884
| 5 April 1884
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Hübbe-Schleiden_-_LMW_2_No._69|'''LMW 2-69''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden|Hübbe-Schleiden]]'''
| January 1886
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Hübbe-Schleiden_-_LMW_2_No._70|'''LMW 2-70''']]
| '''[[Morya]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden|Hübbe-Schleiden]]'''
| January 1886
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Hübbe-Schleiden_-_LMW_2_No._71|'''LMW 2-71''']]
| '''[[Morya]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden|Hübbe-Schleiden]]'''
| 1885
|  
|  
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Mary_Gebhard_-_LMW_2_No._72|'''LMW 2-72''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._47|'''LMW 2-47''']]
| '''[[Morya]]'''
| '''[[Morya]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''[[Mary Gebhard]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 30 August 1884
| 1884
| Elberfeld
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Hartmann_-_LMW_2_No._73|'''LMW 2-73''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|
|
| '''[[Franz Hartmann|Hartmann]]'''
| early 1884
|  
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Norendro_-_LMW_2_No._74|'''LMW 2-74''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._37|'''LMW 1-37''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''[[Norendro Nath Sen]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| April 1883
| late August 1884
| Calcutta
| Elberfeld
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Fern_-_LMW_2_No._75|'''LMW 2-75''']]
| [[Mahatma Letter to H. S. Olcott - Solovyov|'''Solovyov''']]
| '''[[Morya]]'''  
| '''[[Morya]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''[[Edmond W. Fern|Fern]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 1882
| 27 August, 1884
|  
| Elberfeld
|-  
|-  
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Moorad_-_LMW_2_No._76|'''LMW 2-76''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._26|'''LMW 2-26''']]
| '''[[Morya]]'''
| '''[[Morya]]'''
| October 1884
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|
| '''[[Godolphin Mitford|Moorad]],''' '''and others'''
|-
| 22-23 June 1882
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._29|'''LMW 1-29''']]
| Wadhwan in Kathiawar
|-  
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Padshah_-_LMW_2_No._77|'''LMW 2-77''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
| 5 June 1886
|  
|  
|
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| '''[[Sorabji J. Padshah|Padshah]]'''
| 7 June 1886
| Fall 1881
| Adyar
|  
|-
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_A_Chela_-_LMW_2_No._78|'''LMW 2-78''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_2_No._2|'''LMW 2-2''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''A Chela'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| 1882
| 7 June 1886
|  
| Adyar
|-  
|-  
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Subba_Row_-_LMW_2_No._79|'''LMW 2-79''']]
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_H._S._Olcott_-_LMW_1_No._19|'''LMW 1-19''']]
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
| '''[[Koot Hoomi]]'''
|  
|  
|  
|  
| '''[[T. Subba Row|Subba Row]]'''
| '''[[Henry Steel Olcott|Olcott]]'''
| early 1884
| 22 August 1888
|
| S.S. Shannon
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Terry_-_LMW_2_No._80|'''LMW 2-80''']]
| '''[[Morya]],'''<br>'''[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Blavatsky]]'''
| 5 November 1881
|  
| '''[[William H. Terry|Terry]]'''
| 12 December 1881
|
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_John_Smith_-_LMW_2_No._81|'''LMW 2-81''']]
| '''[[Morya]]
| 1 February 1882
|
| '''[[John Smith|Smith]]'''
| 1 February 1882
| Bombay
|-
| [[Mahatma_Letter_to_Unknown_-_LMW_2_No._82|'''LMW 2-82''']]
| '''Unknown'''
|
|
| '''Unknown'''
|
|
|-
|}
|}
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Col. Henry Steel Olcott

Col. Henry Steel Olcott was devoted to the Masters of the Wisdom. They trusted him as their agent in the wide range of activities required to establish the Theosophical Society as a viable institution for conveying the teachings of Theosophy. He was frequently asked to help train new chelas.

He received instructions, encouragement, – and sometimes rebukes – from six of the Mahatmas: Morya, Koot Hoomi, Serapis Bey, Tuitit Bey, Hilarion, and Narayan. Olcott's relationships with these Masters come vividly to life in his correspondence.

The letters were almost all published by Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa in the Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, First Series and Second Series. Two letters became known through other publications. The documents been listed in a chronological sequence devised by Daniel H. Caldwell. An internal navigation system guides readers to previous and next letters within the universe of Olcott's Mahatma letters.

In addition to the letters documented in this table, Olcott was frequently mentioned in The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett. That volume includes two letters addressed to HSO – Mahatma Letter No. 103a and Mahatma Letter No. 110 – and two telegrams that the Colonel wrote – Mahatma Letter No. 115 and Mahatma Letter No. 116.

Source and Letter Number Author Date Sent Sent From Addressee Date Received Where Received
LMW 2-3 Tuitit Bey Olcott 7 June 1875? New York
LMW 2-4 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-5 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-6 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-7 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-8 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-9 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-10 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-11 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-12 Serapis Bey Olcott 1 May 1875
LMW 2-13 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-14 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-15 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-16 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-17 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-18 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-19 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-20 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-21 Serapis Bey Olcott 23 November 1876 New York
LMW 2-22 Serapis Bey Olcott
LMW 2-24 Narayan Olcott New York
LMW 2-25 Tuitit Bey Olcott New York
LMW 2-23 Serapis Bey Olcott 16 August 1876 New York
LMW 1-54 Narayan Olcott August 1877 New York
LMW 2-27 Morya Olcott
LMW 2-28 Morya Olcott
LMW 2-29 Serapis Bey Olcott 3 October 1879
LMW 2-30 Morya Olcott
LMW 2-32 Morya Olcott
LMW 2-33 Morya Olcott
LMW 2-34 Morya Olcott 28 December 1881
LMW 2-35 Morya Olcott January 1882
LMW 2-36 Serapis Bey Olcott,
Morya
LMW 2-46 Blavatsky,
Morya 		24 March 1882 Olcott 24 March 1882 Calcutta
LMW 2-37 Olcott,
Morya 		20 May 1883 Blavatsky,
Olcott
LMW 2-38 Morya Olcott 1 June 1883
LMW 2-39 Morya Olcott 2 June 1883
LMW 2-40 Hilarion Olcott 6 June 1883
LMW 2-41 Morya Olcott 12 June 1883
LMW 2-42 Morya Olcott 12 June 1883
LMW 2-43 Hilarion Olcott 12 June 1883
LMW 2-44 Hilarion Olcott 13 June 1883
LMW 2-45 Morya Olcott 15 June 1883
LMW 1-16 Koot Hoomi Olcott 19 November 1883 Lahore
LMW 1-17 Koot Hoomi Olcott
Hodson Report Morya Olcott 17 Dec 1883 Adyar
LMW 1-18 Koot Hoomi Olcott 5 April 1884
LMW 2-47 Morya Olcott 1884
LMW 1-37 Koot Hoomi Olcott late August 1884 Elberfeld
Solovyov Morya Olcott 27 August, 1884 Elberfeld
LMW 2-26 Morya October 1884 Olcott
LMW 1-29 Koot Hoomi 5 June 1886 Olcott 7 June 1886 Adyar
LMW 2-2 Koot Hoomi Olcott 7 June 1886 Adyar
LMW 1-19 Koot Hoomi Olcott 22 August 1888 S.S. Shannon

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