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GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/240
Title
Letter from John Dawson to The Librarian, Royal Bavarian Academy, Munich
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- 1st Jun 1850 (Creation)
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(1823-)
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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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Letter from John Dawson to the Librarian, Royal Bavarian Academy, Munich, to inform that the Royal Asiatic Society's collection of the Royal Bavarian Academy's publications is incomplete and to request these missing items. (Found on page 135)