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This sub-series contains the correspondence regarding the purchase of the Gold Medal.

A set of correspondence concerning the purchase and making of the Gold Medal.

This sub-series contains the material pertaining to the purchase of the Medal.

This sub-series contains correspondence regarding the purchase of the Medal. John Pinches were found to be no longer making medals and therefore other companies were approached.

This sub-series contains correspondence regarding the purchase and making of the Medal.

Correspondence concerning archives pertaining to Queen Lakiyaye and Prince Alamayou of Ethiopia.

• Letter from Sheila de Bellaigue, Assistant Registrar, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle to Richard Pankhurst to inform him that there are no letters from Queen Lakiyaye in the Royal Archives but there are possible references to them in the 1872 letters. She sends a copy of a letter from E.W. Hamilton to Sir Thomas Biddulph referencing them. The copy is with this letter. Dated 1 March 1984.
• Letter from Daniel Bates to Richard Pankhurst to discuss possible sources of material regarding Queen Lakiyaye and Prince Alamayou. Handwritten, dated 1 March 1984.
• Letter from Nicolas Cox, Public Record Office, Kew, to Richard Pankhurst to supply a list of the references to Treasury Papers concerning Prince Alamayou. dated 14 March 1984.

Correspondence concerning the Sesquicentenary Reception. This falls into 6 categories:

• Letter from Ralph Tubbs, tenant at 56 Queen Anne Street, to state that he and his staff will have vacated the premises by 5.30pm on date of the reception, 1 item.
• Correspondence with Press, 2 items.
• Correspondence with City Hall concerning the Reception, 3 items.
• Letters of acceptance to the Reception, 49 items.
• Letters of regret concerning the Reception, 17 items.
• Letters of thanks after the Reception, 2 items.

Correspondence and notes regarding the relinquishing of the premises at 22 Albemarle Street at the request of Asprey & Co. Ltd.

Letters from T.Y. Lee, Bank of China, and [Puaee] A. Crosby to Silcock, to express their pleasure at being stewards for the Conversazione on the following Friday.

Correspondence concerning the location of archives connected to James Bruce, Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. These are:

• Letter from S.R. Tomlinson, Assistant Librarian, Department of Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, Oxford, to Richard Pankhurst to give details of some letters from James Bruce in their collections. One piece, dated 26 February 1981.
• Letter from J.G. Parker, Research Assistant, The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, to Richard Pankhurst concerning the letters and papers of James Bruce in their collection. One piece, dated 25 February 1981.
• Letter from the Hon. Jane Roberts, Royal Library, Windsor Castle, to Richard Pankhurst concerning the drawings by James Bruce in the Library's collections. She includes copies of the frontispiece of the catalogue, 'English Drawings Stuart and Georgian periods in the Collection of His Majesty to King at Windsor Castle' by A.P. Oppé and the relevant page concerning the Bruce material. Three pieces, dated 12 March 1981.