Correspondence and Papers written by Captain Thomas John Newbold between 1842 and 1849. The majority of the correspondence is from Newbold to Richard Clarke, the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Papers were mainly sent by Newbold to be read at the Society or published in its Journal.

Twenty-six items of correspondence plus a further label. The majority of the correspondence is from Thomas Newbold to Richard Clarke. There is a single letter from Newbold to George Thomas Staunton; and a single letter from Richard Wood to Newbold.

Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, explaining that his work has been interrupted by illness and that he will be staying at Beyroot (Beirut) for the winter. He writes that he sent by the last steamer an Arab newspaper and a list of the Arabic books printed at Cairo. Newbold writes to say he is happy to do anything for the Society.