File RAS COLL3/2/2/7 - Letter to the Royal Asiatic Society to deposit the "original Credentials to the Emperor of Japan and the King of Cochinchina"

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GB 891 RAS COLL3-RAS COLL3/2-RAS COLL3/2/2-RAS COLL3/2/2/7

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Letter to the Royal Asiatic Society to deposit the "original Credentials to the Emperor of Japan and the King of Cochinchina"

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  • 18th Jan 1836 (Creation)

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Letter to the Royal Asiatic Society to deposit the "original Credentials to the Emperor of Japan and the King of Cochinchina; and which are authenticated under the Great Seal of Englan , and the sign manual of King George the Third". These credentials should have been given to the respective officials on the Macartney Embassy in which Sir George Leonard Staunton was involved. The letter is incomplete and sent by a son (presumably Sir George Staunton), dated January 18th 1836. Handwritten, 1 piece 2 sides. Donation is recorded in the Donations Register under 6th February,1836.

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