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The original is in the British Library, Folio 3. According to [[George Linton]] and [[Virginia Hanson]], the letter was written: | |||
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On the front of an envelope 4" X 5" <nowiki>[</nowiki>10.2 X 12.7 cm<nowiki>]</nowiki> to [[Alfred Percy Sinnett|''A. P. Sinnett'']], in blue pencil. The envelope may have enclosed a letter to [[Allan Octavian Hume|AOH]] which [[Koot Hoomi|KH]] asked APS to read before sending it on to him.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 134.</ref> | |||
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== Publication history == | == Publication history == | ||
Revision as of 03:38, 20 August 2012
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| Written by: | Koot Hoomi |
| Received by: | A. P. Sinnett |
| Sent via: | probably Djual Khool |
| Dates | |
| Written on: | unknown |
| Received on: | August 1882 |
| Other dates: | none |
| Places | |
| Sent from: | unknown |
| Received at: | Simla, India |
| Via: | none |
This is Letter No. 116 in Barker numbering. See below for Context and background.
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A. P. Sinnett. |
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My dear Friend, I am tired and disgusted with all this wrangling to death. Please read this before giving it to Mr. Hume. If, as a debt of gratitude, he would exact but a pound of flesh, I would have naught to say — but a pound of useless verbiage is indeed more than even I — can stand! Yours ever, K. H. |
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Context and background
Physical description of letter
The original is in the British Library, Folio 3. According to George Linton and Virginia Hanson, the letter was written:
On the front of an envelope 4" X 5" [10.2 X 12.7 cm] to A. P. Sinnett, in blue pencil. The envelope may have enclosed a letter to AOH which KH asked APS to read before sending it on to him.[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), 134.