Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to James Cosmo Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, to inform that this is the time when the East India Company payment to the Royal Asiatic Society is made and to provide details of the Society's bankers to which the payment should be sent. (Found on page 129)
Letter from Richard Clarke to James Cosmo Melvill, 30 October 1850
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- GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/230
- Dates of Creation
- 30th Oct 1850
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- Language of Material
- English
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Administrative / Biographical History
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
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The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
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