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[[File:Clara_Codd_3.JPG|140px|right|thumb|Clara Codd]]
'''ARTICLE UNDER CONSTRUCTION - WE ARE STILL ADDING SCANS OF LETTERS'''<br>
'''ARTICLE UNDER CONSTRUCTION - WE ARE STILL ADDING SCANS OF LETTERS'''<br>
[[Clara Codd]] was a very popular lecturer and write in the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society based in Adyar, Chennai, India]]. She conducted a large correspondence with people on five continents. Bi-monthly circular letters were one means by which she kept in touch with her friends and associates. From 1945 to 1968 she wrote 137 letters that included accounts of her personal experiences mixed with elements of history, travelogue, inspiration, and also practical advice about life on the spiritual path. They were duplicated by means of cyclostyle<ref>Eleanor Stakesby-Lewis, '"Miss Clara M. Codd" ''Theosophical Journal''12.4 (July-August, 1971), 23.</ref> or mimeograph by friends who also assisted in the distribution process.
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[[File:Clara Codd Letter 001.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Letter Number 1]]
== History of letters ==

Five years after her death in 1971, [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']] published an account of the letters:
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As many of you know Clara Codd had a very extensive correspondence with members all round the world. So in 1945 she began her "correspondence group" as she called it and each member received a duplicated bi-monthly letter. In this she was helped by friends in different countries who organized the duplication and mailing of these letters which continued until her 92nd year. Her first letter came from South Africa and her last from England...

In her first letter she wrote, "The group does not meet regularly on the physical plane. It is a ''soul group''. There are no pledges or bonds to bind this group together beyond the one of mutual love and trust which already binds it. Every day I think of each of you and pray the blessing the [[Masters of Wisdom|Master]] upon you all and upon your growth and work. Because we are an affectionate and sincere group there is a corporate life which reinforces every member of it. The younger and less experienced are stimulated by the older and more experienced"...

Clara's last letter was written from England in November 1968 when she was 92 years of age. For 23 years she had, without a break sent letters six times a year to her group all over the world. In this letter she wrote, "I hope you found there letters helpful in daily life, for that is what I wanted them to be, I did not want them to be intellectual or studious... do your best to approach your own Higher Self, the God-head within you. Do not lean too much on books and teachers. Learn mostly from life itself with all its events and problems."<ref>Assistant Editor, "Clara Codd's Letters" ''The Theosophist'' 98.10 (October, 1976), 29.</ref>
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== Digital images of letters ==

Clara Codd's letters are being scanned in the Archives Department of the [[Theosophical Society in America]].

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| <center>1</center>        
| 1945 July 17
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_001.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>2</center>
| 1945 September 21
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_002.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>3</center>
| 1945 November 20
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_003.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>4</center>
| 1945 [sic] January 20
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_004.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>5</center>
| 1946 March 21
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_005.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>6</center>
| 1946 May 8
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_006.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>7</center>
| 1946 July 29
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_007.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>8</center>
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| <center>9</center>
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| <center>10</center>
| 1947 February-March
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_010.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>11</center>
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| <center>12</center>
| 1947 June-July
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_012.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>13</center>
| 1947 August-September
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_013.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>14</center>
| 1947 October-November
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_014.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>15</center>
| 1947-1948 December-January
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_015.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>16</center>
| 1948 February-March
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_016.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>17</center>
| 1948 April-May
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_017.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>18</center>
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| <center>19</center>
| 1948 August-September
| London, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_019.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>20</center>
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| <center>21</center>
| 1948-1949 December-January
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_021.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>22</center>
| 1949 February-March
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_022.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>23</center>
| 1949 April-May
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_023.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>24</center>
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| <center>25</center>
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| <center>26</center>
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| <center>27</center>
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| <center>28</center>
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| <center>29</center>
| 1950 April-May
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_029.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>30</center>
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| <center>31</center>
| 1950 August-September
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_031.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>32</center>
| 1950 October-November
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_032.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>33</center>
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| <center>34</center>
| 1951 February-March
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_034.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>35</center>
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| <center>36</center>
| 1951 June-July
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_036.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>37</center>
| 1951 August-September
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_037.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>38</center>
| 1951 October-November
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_038.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>39</center>
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| <center>40</center>
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| <center>41</center>
| 1952 April-May
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_041.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>42</center>
| 1952 June-July
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_042.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>43</center>
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| <center>44</center>
| 1952 October-November
| Adyar, Madras, India
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_044.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>45</center>
| 1952-1953 December-January
| Adyar, Madras, India
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_044.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>46</center>
| 1953 February-March
| Adyar, Madras, India
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_046.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>47</center>
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| <center>48</center>
| 1953 June-July
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_048.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>49</center>
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| <center>50</center>
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| <center>51</center>
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| <center>52</center>
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| <center>53</center>
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| <center>54</center>
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| <center>55</center>
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| <center>56</center>
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| <center>57</center>
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| <center>58</center>
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| <center>59</center>
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| <center>60</center>
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| <center>61</center>
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| <center>62</center>
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| <center>63</center>
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| <center>64</center>
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| <center>65</center>
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| <center>66</center>
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| <center>67</center>
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| <center>68</center>
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| <center>69</center>
| 1956-1957 December-January
| Johannesburg, South Africa
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_069.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>70</center>
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| <center>71</center>
| 1957 August-September
| London, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_071.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>72</center>
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| <center>73</center>
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| <center>74</center>
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| <center>75</center>
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| <center>76</center>
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| <center>77</center>
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| <center>78</center>
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| <center>79</center>
| 1958-59 December-January 
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_079.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>80</center>
| 1959 February-March
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_080a.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>81</center>
| 1959 April-May 
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_081.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>82</center>
| 1959 June-July 
| Wheaton, Illinois, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_082.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>83</center>
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| <center>84</center>
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| <center>85</center>
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| <center>86</center>
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| <center>87</center>
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| <center>88</center>
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| <center>89</center>
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| <center>90</center>
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| <center>91</center>
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| <center>92</center>
| 1961 April-May
| St. Michael's, Huizen, Holland
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_092.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>93</center>
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| <center>94</center>
| 1961 August-September
| Krotona, Ojai, California, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_094.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>95</center>
| 1961 October-November
| Krotona, Ojai, California, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_095.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>96</center>
| 1961-1962 December-January
| Krotona, Ojai, California, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_096.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>97</center>
| 1962 February-March
| Krotona, Ojai, California, USA
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_097.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>98</center>
| 1962 April-May
| London, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_098.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>99</center>
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| <center>100</center>
| 1962 August-September
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_100.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>  
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| <center>101</center>
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| Camberley, Surrey, England
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| <center>102</center>
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| Camberley, Surrey, England
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| <center>103</center>
| 1963 February-March
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_103.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>104</center>
| 1963 April-May
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_104.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>105</center>
| 1963 June-July
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_105.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>106</center>
| 1963 August-September
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_106.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>107</center>
| 1963 October-November
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_107.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>108</center>
| 1963-1964 December-January
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_108.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>109</center>
| 1964 February-March
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_109.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>110</center>
| 1964 April-May
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_110.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>111</center>
| 1964 June-July
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_111.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>112</center>
| 1964 August-September
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_112.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>113</center>
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| Camberley, Surrey, England
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| <center>114</center>
| 1964-1965 December-January
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_114.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>115</center>
| 1965 February-March
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_115.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>116</center>
| 1965 April-May
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_116.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>117</center>
| 1965 June-July
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_117.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>118</center>
| 1965 August-September
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_118.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>119</center>
| 1965 October-November
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_119.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>120</center>
| 1965-1966 December-January
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_120.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>121</center>
| 1966 February-March
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_121.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>122</center>
| 1966 April-May
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_122.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>123</center>
| 1966 June-JUly
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_123.pdf Link to letter]'''</center>
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| <center>124</center>
| 1966 August-September
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_124.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>125</center>
| 1966 October-November
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_125.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>126</center>
| 1966-1967 December-January
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_126.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>127</center>
| 1967 February-March
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_127.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>128</center>
| 1967 April-May
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_128.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>129</center>
| 1967 June-July
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_129.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>130</center>
| 1967 August-September
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_130.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>131</center>
| 1967 October-November
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_131.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>132</center>
| 1967-1968 December-January
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_132.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>133</center>
| 1968 February-March
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_133.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>134</center>
| 1968 April-May
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_134.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>135</center>
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| Camberley, Surrey, England
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| <center>136</center>
| 1968 August-September
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_136.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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| <center>137</center>
| 1968 October-November
| Camberley, Surrey, England
| <center>'''[http://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Clara_Codd_Letter_137.pdf Link to letter]'''</center> 
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== Notes ==
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[[Category:TS Adyar|Codd Letters]]