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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 {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|10-6}} | |||
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vol. title: vol. period: 1879-1880 pages in vol.: 577 |
Letter from Maha Ranee Sumomoyee to H. S. Olcott
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 Sumomoyee. 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.