Search archive
Holdings
↑ Up one levelLetter from Richard Clarke to the Secretaries of the Treasury
Identity area
Reference code
GB 891 RAS GOV4-RAS GOV4/283
Publication status
Published
Level of description
File
Date(s)
- 3rd May 1852 (Creation)
Context area
Name of creator
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
(1823-)
Biographical 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 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.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to the Secretaries of the Treasury. The first £500 of a total grant of £1000 made to defray expenses of the publication of Colonel Rawlinson's work on Cuneiform Inscriptions has already been paid (9 August 1851) and as the total paid out now exceeds £661 (with more to come) the final instalment of £500 is requested. (Found on page 165)
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
← Back to results