Letter from Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his insights on the Himalayan class of the Juramian languages. Rost discusses different language groups. He states that he will write to Professor Schiefner soon and will be happy to convey any message from Hodgson. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 26 March 1861.

Letter from Robert Caldwell to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his articles on the Himalayan languages though he has not yet had leisure to study them as they deserve. Hodgson's note puts Caldwell as the author of the Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian languages and Honorary Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 8 December 1862. With accompanying envelope on which Hodgson notes that Caldwell thinks the analyses were good.

Hodgson used much of his time in both Nepal and Darjeeling in research, wanting to discover and understand about the architecture, languages, ethnography, religion, zoology and botany. He collected specimens and manuscripts, and had many drawings made, which he donated to many collections throughout Europe. He was also politically involved during his Residency in Nepal, and also later in England, when he continued to show an active interest in the Indian subcontinent, particularly regarding trade and vernacular education. These Personal Papers reflect these interests and are a record of much of his activity - Hodgson and his wives seemed to have a need to record all his successes. He was also a keen annotator of material, so that most of the printed material also bears his handwritten comments.

"Sifán and Hórsók Vocabularies, with another special exposition in the wide range of Mongolian affinities and remarks on the lingual and physical characteristics of the family. - By B.H. Hodgson, Esq." Offprint from the Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1874, without cover. Annotated by Hodgson. Printed material, 31 pages, with handwritten annotations, 1874.