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Ambedkar writes that the "steamer carrying my books was torpedoed and the whole of them went to the bottom of the sea," including a set of publications by the "National Monetary Commission of the U.S.A." Ambedkar asks Seligman if he could help in…

Ambedkar writes that since he lost the "manuscript of [his] original [Ph.D] thesis when the steamer was torpedoed on my way back to India in 1917," he plans on submitting a new thesis titled "The Stabilization of the Indian Exchange" for the Ph.D. at…

Ambedkar informs Seligman that he has located a new set of publications by the National Monetary Commission of the U.S. He writes that he has finished his research work in London and will be "therefore obliged" to receive Seligman's letters of…

Ambedkar sends Seligman a copy of Problem of the Rupee, writing "I hope you will be glad to have a copy of this production of one who is proud to be your student." Ambedkar also asks Seligman to send him the Preface to "Evolution of Provincial…

Ambedkar introduces to Seligman V. B. Gandhi, "a graduate of the Bombay University in Economics" who "desires to Join Columbia University for Commercial Education."

Ambedkar asks Seligman to write a letter of introduction on his behalf to "Prof. Sidney Webb, Profs. Marshall, Nicholson, and Foxwell."

Ambedkar asks Seligman about how many copies of "Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India" he must send to Columbia University in order to fulfill the requirements for his Ph.D

Ambedkar thanks Seligman for the letters of introduction and tells him that "they will be of immense use to me." He also tells Seligman "pertaining to [his] dissertation you will be glad to know I have but India for the very purpose of completing it…

Seligman tells Ambedkar that the subject of his new thesis is "certainly an interesting one." He also writes that once Ambedkar sends the new thesis, he will have a member of the economics faculty review it.

Ambedkar writes to one of his former economics professors at Colummbia, Henry R. Seager, that he is sending the copy "as a token of high esteem and regard."