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Letter from Abnashi Ram to Bonnie LeBrecht
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Bonnie LeBrecht, discussing the state of his income tax return and noting his pleasure that his daughter (Raj Sharma) is happy in the United States. He discusses a visit with Hubert Long, who complained about a business deal with David Watamull (Ram’s employer). Ram says he will visit Los Angeles soon, and asks that LeBrecht forward a letter to his daughter.

Letter from Abnashi Ram to Frank Stedman Wilson
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Frank Stedman Wilson, Director of the Department of Foreign Commerce, congratulating Wilson on his position. Ram lays out his proposal for a friendship society between the United States and India, and assures Wilson that Congressman Dalip Singh Saund will stand behind this idea.

Letter from Dalip Singh Saund to Abnashi Ram
Letter from Dalip Singh Saund to Abnashi Ram. Letter is dated August 22, 1957, and is written on the letterhead of the US House of Representatives. In the letter, Saund discusses his studies of the teachings of Lincoln and Gandhi.

Letter from P. Mathur to Abnashi Ram
Letter from P. Mathur to Abnashi Ram, wishing Ram a happy new year and asking that he find out whether Mathur’s son Francis in Pasadena is well, since he has not written in nearly two months. Mathur also asks for the address of a mutual friend in Chicago.

Letter from P. Mathur to Abnashi Ram
Letter from P. Mathur to Abnashi Ram. Letter is dated August 2, 1963. Mathur discusses his youngest son, Francis, and other topics.

Letter from P. Mathur to Roshan Sharma
Letter from P. Mathur to Roshan Sharma, expressing sorrow at the recent passing of Sharma’s father-in-law Abnashi Ram. He invites Roshan and his wife Raj to visit him and his family in India whenever they like.

Photograph of Abnashi Ram, Roshan Sharma, and Mr. and Mrs. Sekhon

Letter from Abnashi Ram to I.S. Sekhon
Letter from Abnashi Ram to I.S. Sekhon, discussing a mutual friend (“Bagga”) who is “fed up” with India; Ram claims to feel the same way, adding that everyone in India either wants it to become the United States without any constructive program to make it that way, or wants it to become the USSR without suffering any of the hardships that allowed its creation.

Letter from Abnashi Ram to Randolph A. Hearst
Letter from Abnashi Ram to Randolph A. Hearst, summarizing their conversation after a recent visit. Ram discusses the stereotypical views of the US and India based on one another’s perceptions and how he believes these are distortions; he is likely angling toward the promotion of his personal project, a friendship society between the two nations, but the letter appears to be incomplete.

Letter
Letter with unknown sender or recipient, congratulating the recipient on the success of their party and “reborn democracy in India.” The sender hopes the people of the world assist India in regaining “sanctity, sanity, and prosperity” and that “Mahatma Gandhi’s principles and sacrifice may live long.”

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