HPB-SB-10-5

H. P. Blavatsky Scrapbooks

from Adyar archives of the International Theosophical Society

T i

volume 10, page 5

vol. title:

vol. period: 1879-1880

pages in vol.: 577

Legend

HPB note
HPB highlighted
HPB underlined
HPB crossed out
<Editors note>
<Archivist note>
Lost or unclear
SBT, DT
Restored

<< ☰ >>

eng • рус

^[1]

Letter from Maha Ranee Sumomoyee to H. S. Olcott

№ 340

From

Maha Ranee Surnomoyee

Member of the Imperial

Order of the Crown of India

Cossimbazar.

To

Col: H. S. Olcott

President of the Theosophical Society

Bombay.

Sir

It gives me extreme pleasure to learn that the Theosophical Society is doing so much good to the world. May the great workers achieve success in their laudable work is what I sincerely wish. Towards a work so disinterestedly intended for the amelioration if possible of the condition of the Country’s people the good and generous public will not I feel assured be backward to give every support they can afford. Permit me however to request your acceptance of the enclosed sum of Rupees Two hundred as my humble donation in aid of the Society. I wish I could make it a better gift. But I regret I have numerous calls to respond to disqualifying me to give adequate support to the good works for which those calls are made. Enclosed please find a further sum of Rupees Six only as my one year’s subscription to <... continues on page 10-6 >

Editor's notes

↑ Letter from Maha Ranee Sumomoyee to H. S. Olcott by Maha Ranee Surnomoyee. In the left margin of the letter, the recipient's treasurer made accounting notations recording the total donation amount, the separate payment for the annual subscription, and special reconciliation marks linking these figures to the main text. "By contributing a substantial sum of 200 Rupees nearly a month prior to the official debut of The Theosophist on October 1, 1879, Maharani Surnomoyee effectively provided the vital seed capital required for its publication. Furthermore, by including a payment for a year’s subscription within the same correspondence, she established herself as one of the journal's very first founding subscribers. Her timely generosity provided a significant contribution toward the successful launch of the Society’s primary literary organ, offering valuable support to Colonel Olcott and H.P. Blavatsky during its most critical developmental phase.

[1] Letter from Maha Ranee Sumomoyee to H. S. Olcott by Maha Ranee Surnomoyee. In the left margin of the letter, the recipient's treasurer made accounting notations recording the total donation amount, the separate payment for the annual subscription, and special reconciliation marks linking these figures to the main text. "By contributing a substantial sum of 200 Rupees nearly a month prior to the official debut of The Theosophist on October 1, 1879, Maharani Surnomoyee effectively provided the vital seed capital required for its publication. Furthermore, by including a payment for a year’s subscription within the same correspondence, she established herself as one of the journal's very first founding subscribers. Her timely generosity provided a significant contribution toward the successful launch of the Society’s primary literary organ, offering valuable support to Colonel Olcott and H.P. Blavatsky during its most critical developmental phase.

[1]