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…
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 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