James Bridgnell and H W I Wood letters

Scope and Content

(1) From Bridgnell to Wood. Re the introduction of a gold currency into India (28 April 1857).
(2) Wood's reply to Bridgnell (4 June 1857).
Both letters with signatures.

Arrangement

See hard copy catalogue.

Access Information

Open for research although at least 24 hours' notice is required.

These documents are inserted in the volume 'Extract from the evidence given by Sir James Cosmo Melvill before the Select Committee of the House of Commons on India Territories' (1853, reprinted c1867) - Library classmark [G.L.] E.867 fol. To request the documents, please place an order for the volume, specifying that you wish to see the autograph letters AL141.

Other Finding Aids

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Special Collections Reading Room.

Related Material

See also James Bridgnell's book 'The Currency of India' (1864) - Library classmark [G.L.] E.864