These letters concern the possible employment of the two Chinese men who had come to England with Thomas Manning, and ask for help with the cost of Manning's expenses regarding these gentlemen. These date from 1817-1818.

Thomas Manning lived in Asia from 1807-1817, mainly in Canton and Macao. But he also tried to reach the interior of China via Tibet. The correspondence covers this period and is of both official and personal nature.

"Do basic sentences have topic and comment?" by A.C. Graham.

Draft articles by John Cikoski and associated correspondence. These are:

• Classical Chinese draft manuscript by John Cikoski, 121 pieces.
• On Standards of Analogic Reasoning in the Late Chou, draft by John Cikoski, 58 pieces.
• A Study of the Modal 'Ch'i', draft by John Cikoski, 15 pieces.
• Two baby-steps towards a characterization of the semantic system of Classical Chinese, by John S. Cikoski, draft paper presented at Sino-Tibetan Linguistics conference, Atlanta, 1974, 9 pieces.
• Letter from John Cikoski to Angus Graham to send the draft of the chapter, Classical Chinese, and to describe its contents, 9 pieces, dated 14 January 1970.
• Letter from John Cikoski to Angus Graham to send him the first three chapters of the material on word-class. 1 piece, dated 11 March 1970.

Copy of a draft letter from Thomas Manning to Joseph Banks. In the letter he outlines the path he has taken to become familiar with the Chinese language including his stay in France. He writes that he had initially thought of reaching China via Russia. But now asks that he may be able to travel to Canton and reside there for the purpose of studying the language and customs of China. Dated [1806]. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 3 sides

Draft letter from Thomas Manning to the Directors of the East India Company concerning the Chinese man he has brought with him and whether the East India Company would have reason to employ him. Written From Dr Tuthill's, 13 Soho Square, the letter's postscript has the words "stupid letter" in Manning's hand. Dated 1817. Handwritten, 1 piece, 3 sides

Draft letter(s) from Thomas Manning to Madame [de Serrant] in which he writes about his desire to go to China. Undated, handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

Draft of a letter from Thomas Manning. He seems to be leaving some Chinese translations with the recipient in case anything happens to him when he leaves Calcutta. There is also a complaint about those (?Marshman) who he has tried to help with Chinese language but refuse to change. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

Elements of a Functional Syntax by André Martinet from Word 10, 1960. The article is incomplete.

"Ergative Semantic Chinese: A Research Project On the Semantic Structure of Chinese" by Kung-yi Kao, Stanford University - draft article.