"Indische Stations-Akten 1896-1910 (v. Hrn Eidenbenz 1920 mitgebracht) / Papers from Indian stations 1896-1910.... brought back in 1920 by Mr Eidenbenz [Basel letters from the office of the General Treasurer]."

An original compilation, still in its original binding, cover format 30x27 cm, the paper block between the covers 4 cm thick. NB this volume uses a system in which strips of paper c. 5.5 cm wide were bound together, and the papers to be filed then glued onto these strips. There is no index, and no visible order, except that the letters are pasted in chronologically. Its basic condition is fairly good. This file was generated in the office of the General Treasurer, Rev. Altenmüller. A cursory search turned up no copies of letters between addressees in India, but only documents sent from Basel to this address. A number of wet-press tissue-paper copies are bound in - these are letters which were sent on to individual people or stations, but whose content concerned the General Treasurer. It would be interesting to ascertain if these were copies made in Basel, so that multiple copies could be sent out, or in Mangalore, when they arrived.

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