Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to James Cosmo Melvill, Secretary, East India Company, to thank for the copy of Colonel Everest's latest work on the Meridional Arc of India (Meridional Arc of India, W H Allen, 439 Pages, 1847) which was produced at the direction of the Court of the East India Company and which was presented at a General Meeting of the Society. (Found on page 73)
Letter from Richard Clarke to James Cosmo Melvill, 10 November 1847
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- GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/137
- Dates of Creation
- 10th Nov 1847
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- 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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