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GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/8-RAS UPE/8/1-RAS UPE/8/1/21
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Letter from Sir William Foster to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary
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- 19th Dec 1939 (Creation)
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(19 November 1863 - 11 May 1951)
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Sir William Foster CIE was a British historiographer and civil servant who was Registrar and Superintendent of Records in the India Office. He was a member of the Hakluyt Society and an authority on the detailed history of early British relations with India and other countries in Asia.
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Letter from Sir William Foster to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to say he would be willing to make the presentation if the President was unable to attend. Typed, 1 side, with added note in Hoysted's hand, dated 19 December 1939.
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- English
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- Foster William 1863-1951 (Subject)