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- 1934 - ? (Creation)
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9 loose pages/scraps of paper
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Documents originally found interleaved between the back pages of the bound book. These include:
(1) a sketch route map in pencil. 1 page.
(2) Partial letter from Frank Ludlow. Dated. 3 Aug [No Year]. Listing what he has seen in regards to botany, birds, and butterflies. Gives details about the route he has been taking. Begins to write about his plans but gets cut off. There is a torn piece of paper, that appears to be the rest of the letter, signed F. Ludlow. This torn paper has some brief notes by George Sherriff written on it in pencil. 1 page + 1 scrap.
(3) Hand-written table. No title. Months down the side and names across the top. Filled in with numbers and totals at the bottom of each column. Possibly a list of the number of specimens plants/seeds sent out during the year. 1 page.
(4) "Mails for Captain Sherriff". Details of mail received. Note from Lukarimullah, no date. 1 page.
(5) "Account for Captain Sherriff". Details of expenses. Brief note at the bottom by Lukarimullah, dated 8 Nov 1934. 1 page.
(6) 2 very brief notes on scraps of paper. 2 scraps.
(7) Money Order receipt: For Danong Lepcha, 23 May 1934.
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