File HTC/1/6 - Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson

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GB 891 HTC-HTC/1-HTC/1/6

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Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson

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  • 27 August [1842] (Creation)

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Letter from Horace Hayman Wilson to My Dear Sir (unknown) enquiring about being able to purchase a copy of the Medal of Mehemet Ali for the East India House Museum. (The medal was produced by the Numismatic Society in honour of Mehemet Ali in 1841/2). The letter also refers to the Royal Asiatic Society not holding any meetings for some months and therefore Wilson will be unable to sign [Baghorn's certificate] for some time. Handwritten, dated 27 August [1842].

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