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Material concerning the Royal Asiatic Society's Sesquicentenary Dinner held on 25th October 1973 at the Merchant Taylors' Hall.

In 1973 the Royal Asiatic Society celebrated its Sesquicentenary (150 years). The archival material includes Planning committee administration; material connected with the various events held, exhibitions put on and publications produced in celebration of the occasion; and material concerned with fundraising for the Society.

Correspondence with guests concerning the Sesquicentenary Dinner. These are:

• Correspondence with the Japanese Ambassador, 3 items, dated 12-16 October 1973.
• Correspondence with Patricia Countess Jellicoe, 1 item, undated.
• Correspondence with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office concerning the attendance of Sir Alec Douglas Hume, 1 item with envelope, dated 13 September 1973.
• Correspondence with the British Council concerning the attendance of Dr and Mrs Llewellyn, 1 item, dated 27 September 1973.
• Copy of invitation to Sir Mortimer Wheeler, 1 item, undated. Note from Peggy Hackforth-Jones, 1 item, dated 12 October 1973.
• Correspondence with Major Barwiss-Holliday concerning his inability to attend the Dinner due to his wife's serious illness, 2 items dated 22-25 October 1973.