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Letter, from [James] Horsburgh to Captain Basil Hall, dated at East India House, London

Reference number: HS/9/497

Date: 26 April 1833

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Hall is welcome to the map of 'Hindoostan' [pre partition India, Pakistan and Bagladesh] Horsburgh sent along with the Asiatic journal, however Hall had previously mentioned he had already obtained a copy of the same map. Has heard hide is a good substitute for hemp cordage, and Messrs Enderby have rtied rigging in some of their south sea whalers, rope of India rubber, working well.

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HS/9/497
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26 April 1833
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James Horsburgh

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James Horsburgh, James Horsburgh, Letter, from [James] Horsburgh to Captain Basil Hall, dated at East India House, London, 26 April 1833, HS/9/497, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_497/letter-from-james-horsburgh-to-captain-basil-hall-dated-at-east-india-house-london, accessed on 16 February 2026

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