Notebook with mathematical notes, diagrams and problems. Also contains philosophical musings on man and war, geometrical drawings, notes on Chinese words, diagram for creating a weigh balance, instructions to extract salt and draft lines for a poem. Handwritten in a blue paper cover notebook written from both ends. Reverse cover is missing. Cover states "Some philosophical observations in this book".

Letter from J Elphinstone to Thomas Manning. Manning had recommended Abel Yen and his dictionary. He wishes Manning will for his trip to Cochinchina (Vietnam). Undated [1808] Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

Notebook containing notes on Tibetan vocabulary. Also some Latin notes and notes on events and people in China; grammar notes; English lists of words. In the back of the book is a partial journal of his time in Tibet - mostly the beginning of the journey and includes an entry about meeting the Dalai Lama "This day I saluted the Grand Lama!! Beautiful Youth. Face poetically affecting. Could have wept. Very happy to have seen him & his blessed smile. hope often to see him again". Large, half-calf notebook, warped, handwritten in pencil and ink.
Inserted into the notebook:

• Note to and from Thomas Beale concerning whether Beale was expecting the Hoopoo, handwritten, undated
• Vocabulary list 4 sheets of Chinese writing including two copies of a contract between Manning and Gao Hengxin for 1000 yuan, dated 20 January 1815
• "Recipe for [Hang yummtoy] or Almond Syrup", Letter from Sian Seng.

"Goldsmith. An Almanack" for 1833. Small leather bound almanac with annotations on blank pages including Chinese symbols, weather recording, Greek and Latin, book titles. Loose sheets are address for [Mr Rosin], 6 Little Maddox Street and notes regarding a Commission. Red leather cover with loose sheets inserted. Some damage to cover flap.

"Notes on Classical Chinese Grammar" by A.C. Graham. Ringbound pamphlet, 23 pages with soft cover.

Notes on various issues of Chinese grammar, possibly a response to something Graham or some other has written.

Mixed grammar notes.

Number of occurrences of functional xuci in the Mozi.

"Conventions for describing types of phrase", and a further single page of "The reconstitution of a mutilated document of the Mohist logicans: the Ta ch'u".

Letter from Yukio Kachi to Angus Graham to give Graham the details of "A Descriptive Grammar of Classical Chinese" by Ota Tatsuo.