Letter to Thomas Manning from Roberts, Resident of the Select Committee at Canton. He writes he has received his seven letters. He is not sure whether he will see Manning before he leaves China but offers to help in any way during Manning's absence from China. Undated [1810], handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

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.