Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 JRC-JRC/2-JRC/2/2
Title
Letter from Col. Hoysted to Dr. Arberry
Date(s)
- 30th Nov 1939 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 piece handwritten on reverse off offprint material
Context area
Name of creator
(1823 - present)
Administrative 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… read more
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Copy of a letter from Col. Hoysted, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr. Arberry to ask his advice concerning the Cunningham papers. He asks whether they are suitable for publication in the Society's Journal, though Major Cunningham has not requested it.
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Language of material
- English