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Reference code
GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/248
Title
Letter from Richard Clarke to Major Henry C. Rawlinson
Date(s)
- 1st Mar 1851 (Creation)
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(1823-)
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
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Scope and content
Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Major H.C. Rawlinson concerning the extension of leave granted by the Court of the East India Company to Major Rawlinson so that he may complete his work on the translation of Cuneiform inscriptions. (Found on page 141)
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Language of material
- English