BIB_ID
448542
Accession number
MA 23840.101
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Display Date
Mumbai, India, 1964 February 5
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.9 x 18.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Typed on Ismail Merchant's personal letterhead; date and final two paragraphs handwritten.
Envelope addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 143 East 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y., U.S.A., postmarked February 5, 1964.
Envelope addressed to Mr. James Ivory, 143 East 62nd Street, New York 21, N.Y., U.S.A., postmarked February 5, 1964.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Laying out in detail the points dictated by Taher Doctor regarding the distribution of "The Householder" in India, and the accompanying financial tangle with Columbia, MIP, and the Reserve Bank of India; asking why Ivory still hasn't sent any MIP letterhead, despite Merchant's repeated requests; saying if Ivory can come to India, he can arrange for the passage to be booked in rupees.
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