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Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 22 received: December 23 received
I have sent to you news of my durbar a number of times but have not received any reply. I have been continuously engaged in promoting the interests of the Company. During the recent two visits of the Government officials we were able to settle a number of outstanding cases but there are a number of other court cases, which we need to refer to you in writing. I hope you will send me a reply. Although I have already sent you details of all matters relating to the Government here and in return you have sent your recommendations regarding the management of Parganah Kashijor, I will be grateful if you could send a similar note to your employees here. This will help me a great a deal

Illustrated journal of a tour of Belgium, Germany and parts of the Austrian Empire (now Austria and the Czech Republic), 19 August-17 September 1853, by Thomas Letts, accompanying his son Thomas Alton Letts to Vienna to take up a job at a firm of printers in the city (pp. 1-60, 81-300).
The journal contains numerous anecdotes concerning individuals encountered on the journey, as well as descriptions of churches, cathedrals, castles and other sights visited. Letts travelled by carriage, rail and steamer, with cruises along the Rhine (pp. 84-92), the Danube (pp. 163-209) and the Vltava and Elbe (pp. 264-278). The itinerary included Calais (pp. 3-8), Gand [Ghent] (pp. 11-22), Anvers [Antwerp] (pp. 23-34, 38-51), Brussels (pp. 34-38), Cologne (pp. 56-60, 81), Koblenz (pp. 85-90), Wurzburg (pp. 107-119), Nuremberg (pp. 122-132), Munich (pp. 133-161), Ratisbon [Regensburg] (pp. 166-175), Walhalla (pp. 177-182), Passau (pp. 189-204), Vienna (pp. 209-238), Brunn [Brno] (pp. 240-252), Prague (pp. 252-264) and Berlin (pp. 284-287). The journal was partly written up during the journey but was only completed on 22 October 1853 (see p. 300); there are occasional later corrections and additions in pencil and ink. The volume also contains twenty-one pages of illustrations and sketches in pencil, watercolour and wash (pp. 61-73 passim, 234a, 322-340 passim) and another twenty-two thumbnail sketches and diagrams accompanying the text (pp. 15-299 passim). Also bound into the volume are copies of Ethelbert Müller, Donaustauf and Walhalla (Ratisbon, 1846), a tourist guide (pp. 343-428), and the 'Railway Chronicle Travelling Charts: Basingstoke, Winchester, Gosport' (pp. 429-430; a single leaf folded twenty-six times).

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 22 received: December 23 received
Just to let you know that I reached Hoogly safely. I have received a letter from the Nawab Sahib informing that he has handed over Taj Khan and other guards of the Company to the Vakil of the Company and taken a receipt from him. He has included a copy of this receipt with his letter. I am enclosing this receipt for your information. - Enclosure 1: Copy of a receipt with the seal of Muhammad Anis, Vakil of the [East India] Company. I, Muhammad Anis, Vakil of the East India Company hereby declare that I have received the custody of Taj Khan, Sayyid Mustafa, Balhajram and Satna who were employed by the company at Calcutta and had secretly run away to Murshidabad to seek employment there. They were arrested by the Nawab and have now been handed over to me to be returned to Calcutta. Signed. 15 Rabi al-Sani, San 5. - Enclosure 2: . Parvana of the Nawab, dated 21 Rabi al-Sani. - I have not received any news about the affairs of the company and the welfare of Clive and his associates. Please do ask them to write to us. Meanwhile, we have arrested Taj Khan, Mustafa Khan, etc., four guards of the company. They have been handed over to the Vakil of the Company and a receipt taken. A copy of the receipt is enclosed for you to send to the company. - Enclosure 3: From Nand Kumar to Clive. - I reached Hoogly safely in the morning of Saturday and have been busy with my affairs. I will come and see you at the agreed time

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, December 21 received
I would like to bring to your notice that Babu Ami Chand of Calcutta had borrowed fifty thousand rupees in the year 11 on the condition that he will invest this money in business and will pay back the above amount with interest. He has been making excuses for the payment of the above sum for the past three or four years. Last time when I was in Calcutta I confronted him personally and he swore that he will pay me one Lac rupees in cash or kind. Later on he managed to pay forty thousand rupees but has refused to pay the rest. I will be grateful if you could kindly help in recovering the rest of amount from him

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 18 sent: December 26 received
Thank you for informing me about the sad news of the passing away of brother Sayyid Daud Ali Khan. It has made us very sad but as we all have to taste the death there is nothing one can do except pray for his soul and to give strength to his family to forebear this great loss

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, RabiII 14 sent; Rabi II 26 received: December 27 received
I have not received any news from you for long. I hope you are keeping well and will write to me soon

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, December 15 received
Refers to Kasi Nath and an East India Company zamindari

Correspondence (letters, telegrams and postcards) addressed to Vera Bassett which largely relate to her work as an artist. Correspondents include artist Kyffin Williams; Will Evans, artist and lecturer at Swansea College of Art (note relating to Will Evans written on dorse of flyer advertising a talk on Vera Bassett by Donald Treharne, donor of this archive, at the National Library of Wales on 10 October 2012); poet, artist and writer David Jones; poet, broadcaster and literary critic Aneirin Talfan Davies (including letter of condolence, 11 December 1963, on the death of Vera Bassett's father, William John Bassett); actor Richard Burton, with one (undated) letter from Burton's former wife, actor and theatre director Sybil Christopher (née Williams); teacher, radio producer and theatre director Philip Burton; the Medici Society, London; the British Museum; the National Museum of Wales; the National Library of Wales; and representatives of art galleries in Britain, France and the United States. Together with draft letters, 1992 and undated, from Vera Bassett to undisclosed recipients (one draft written on dorse of envelope).
Letters from B. Percy Rees (1 June 1954), Paul Hulton (28 September 1959 and undated), Aneirin Talfan Davies (20 [?July] 1975) and seven undisclosed correspondents (one letter dated 12 October 1958, remainder undated) apparently incomplete.
Some letters photocopied; some are typescript copies of the originals.
English translations attached to some original letters in French.
Undated letters kept in marked envelope.
1945-1995 and undated

Items relating to exhibitions by or which featured work by Vera Bassett, comprising:
Exhibition catalogues featuring work by Vera Bassett, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1966/7, 1981.
Printed fine arts magazines containing references to exhibited works by Vera Bassett. 1954, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1977
Invitations to openings of exhibitions by Vera Bassett, 1958, 1969, 1998.
Content details of a visitors' book at an exhibition by Vera Bassett. Undated.
Press releases, invoices and other items relating to exhibitions by or which featured Vera Bassett. 1964, 1968, 1983, 1991, 2005, 2011 and undated.
Société des Artistes Français exhibition form, filled in by Vera Bassett, relating to an exhibition taking place in May 1983. Details relating to exhibitions by or which featured works by Vera Bassett are also included within the correspondence section of this archive.

Draft pictorial and textual designs (watercolour, pencil and pen-and-ink) by Vera Bassett. HANDLE WITH CARE. Undated.

Correspondence mainly to and from Noel Bassett Harries, nephew of Vera Bassett, concerning the disposal of Vera Bassett's artworks following her death. Correspondence includes inventories of Vera Bassett's works. 1997-2000
Printed email, 14 June 2013, to Donald Treharne, donor of this archive, from Jean Williams of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) relating to artworks by Vera Bassett.
1997-2006

Original and photocopied press cuttings, including a number kept in a scrapbook, relating to Vera Bassett's work. 1943-1997 and undated. Many cuttings in scrapbook partly or wholly detached: HANDLE WITH CARE.

Miscellaneous items of or relating to Vera Bassett and/or members of her family, comprising:
Copy, made 30 January 2009, of birth certificate of Vera Bassett, born 31 July 1912.

Photocopied photograph of Hendy Mixed School Standard I pupils, 1920 (Vera Bassett, if present, is not identified).
Large black-and-white photograph inscribed on dorse: 'Vera Bassett with her parents and brother Gethin c. 1946'. Gethin is wearing military uniform and holds the family corgi. Details on accompanying sheet of paper gives the date 'c. 1945'.
Black-and-white photograph of two men, the one pinning a medal onto the other's chest. No identification or date.
Section of black-and-white photograph of two women and a dog, one woman holding a cat. No identification or date.

Photocopied details of chapel membership, 1943, which includes the names of William John and Mary, Vera Bassett's parents, and of David John, Lilian and Nancy Joan Treharne, the first two names possibly those of the parents of Donald Treharne, donor of this archive.

Photocopy of printed piece written by Vera Bassett for 'Llafar', a radio magazine edited by poet, broadcaster and literary critic Aneirin Talfan Davies, titled 'Brwydrau'r Artist'. March 1953.

Copy of Vera Bassett's marriage certificate on the occasion of her marriage to William Reynolds, 27 March 1956. Copy made 7 July 2010.

Copy of death certificate, 28 January 1991, of William Reynolds, husband of Vera Bassett, who died 26 January 1991.

Copy of death certificate, 26 February 1997, of Vera Bassett, who died 24 February 1997. Copy made 30 January 2009.

Printed order of funeral service of Vera Bassett, the funeral held 5 March 1997.

Printed catalogue relating to the S4C programme Twrio, which features details of a painting by Vera Bassett. 2005

Legal details relating to Vera Bassett's parents' home in Pontarddulais. Undated.

Printed 'Inside Art' brochure.

Copy of a School Drawing Certificate examination paper dated 11 June 1945.

Papers, largely relating to her work, of artist and draughtswoman Vera Bassett, comprising items relating to exhibitions; draft pictorial and textual designs; correspondence; press cuttings; photographs; and miscellaneous material relating to Vera Bassett or to her family.

Dates denote those of original material, not date of photocopying.

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 12 received: December 13 received
Babu Sada Shiv is coming to see you at Calcutta and give you a detailed account of events here. I hope you will remain in touch and write to us occasionally

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 12 received: December 13 received
The Nawab has sent a letter along with one thousand Kanvals for you. This is being forwarded to you. I am hoping that I will be able to come and see you in a day or two

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 10 sent: December 17 [?] received
Mentions that, accompanying this letter, are 500 tulah (small measure of weight) of thread (or wire) by way of sample. Envelope states letter was translated

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, RabiII 9 received: December 10 received Expresses pleasure at receiving news from Clive. Contains enclosure received Rabi II 1

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 9 received: December 10 received
I had passed the gift of Hubble-bubble you had sent to the Nawab Sahib and he was very pleased to receive it and has asked me to thank you for this. I had also passed your letter and will be sending you his reply as soon as I receive from him

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 9 received: December 10 received
I have not received any news from you since long. Please could you have a bungalow / haveli near your house reserved for me as I intend to come and see you in two- or three-days’ time. Meanwhile I have received fifty lotus flowers which I am sending to you

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 6 Friday sent: December 9 received
Refers to Ramnarayan, Amir Beg Khan and events at Hughli, Calcutta and Azimabad

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 6 received: December 8 received
The military administration of Chaklah Hasr [?] had remained with my father for the past thirty years. Now, after he has passed away all landlords and chaudharis have asked their lawyers to approach the court officials to carry on this responsibility. Recently they have brought in two or three Tilangas to administer this place and they have dismissed these lawyers and court officials so that no one could investigate the crimes of dacoity and robberies which are being carried out day and night by the landlords as well as theses Tilangas. They are disregarding all orders issued by you to maintain peace and order. I will be grateful if you could send me a letter of authority to take these culprits into custody and release the lawyers so that they could carry out the process of law and order

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, Rabi` II 6 received: December 8 received
I acknowledge the receipt of your letter reminding me to send the overdue amount immediately. I take my duties very seriously and work hard day and night to deposit the revenue amounts as soon as I receive them. Out of the sum of one Lac and forty seven thousand rupees due I am sending one Lac rupees as the third instalment in the month of Bhadun and twelve thousand rupees from the forty seven thousand rupees which were overdue from last year. These have been deposited in the treasury of Kothi. The remaining thirty five thousand rupees would be paid with the instalment due in the month of As. I hope these arrangements will be acceptable to you. This sum will be sent to you on the 15 or 16 of As

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 5, RabiII 5 sent; Rabi II 12 received: December 13 received
I am sending a bunch of a thousand lotus flowers. I hope they reach fresh and in good shape