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Three bound, handwritten volumes concerning the topography and statistics of the Dehli, Rohilcund, and Saugor and Nerbudda territories.

Various tables and notes in an undeciphered Indic script, possibly Persian or Urdu, concerning information on the castes and communities of the Agra district.

Various documents concerning the district of Allahabad, some unbound and others loosely tied. Written in various languages, possibly Urdu, Persian and Hindi.

One loosely tied item of eleven, handwritten pages, describing the towns in the Pargana (administrative unit) of Azamgarh, with numbers of houses and religions comprising the population. Simon Digby notes that it was probably for an unpublished Gazetteer.

Documents regarding the Zila District of Fatehpur (Fathpur), with the reports or letters generally being addressed to 'The Secretary Sahib at Agra'. All in Arabic script, some noted as being Urdu, with sporadic notes in Devanagari script. Simon Digby notes seven bodies of material within this file, including: 1) Urdu report from Bhola Nath, describing the conditions of Parganas in the Zila of Fatehpur. 2) Urdu report from Madhu Ram, describing the conditions of Parganas in the Zila of Fatehpur. 3) Table of castes and tribes of Zamindars in the Pargana of Ghazipur, Zila Fatehpur, attested by the Qanungos (hereditory registrars of landed property). 4) Similar tables of castes and tribes of Zamindars from a) the districts attached to the Tahsildari (tax inspectors) of Fatehpur and b) for the Pargana of Fatehpur proper. 5) Three similar tables of castes and tribes of Zamindars for the Parganas of Ekdala and Dhata. 6) Tahsildar's report for some Parganas, including Karanpur and Muhsinpur. 7) Three further reports of Tahsildars.

Addressed to W.C. Mcleod, this account of the branches of the North Indian Khatri caste is, as Simon Digby notes, written in pencil in the Persian shikasta script.

Seven pages written in Persian, all loosely tied together, concerning various information about castes of Zamindars. Simon Digby lists the pages as being of the following content:

• 1) Jadon Chandravarshi
• 2) Gujjars (pastoral ethnic group) of Sikandrabad, and Kayasthas and Dadris of Bulandshahr
• 3) The Raja of Sarsawa, Saharanpur District
• 4) Description of salt production at Sambhar (salt lake)

Several pages, all loosely-tied, some watermarked 1853. Written in Urdu, the papers recount a legendary history of England, from the earliest times to those of King Alfred, probably either written by or sent to Elliot. Simon Digby also notes on the front of this file a collection of mixed letters, with no single provenance, though these have not yet been found.

The file contains a variety of notes, alphabet tables with English transcriptions, songs and word-lists, many unidentified, with some in Persian script and others in Devanagari script. Simon Digby notes that the items are "evidently from the papers of Sir H.M. Elliot", and describes some of the contents as follows:

• 1) Words in Persian script of a song (thumri) in tan (raga), Bihari
• 2) 'Ahwal Katorianka' or 'Five Sepoy Kubeers', in Devanagari script, sent to Elliot by Wakefield, and copied down by one of the latter's 'Buchgotees'
• 3) Word-list in Devanagari script, paper watermarked 1848
• 4) 'Hakikat Rajmahal', in Devanagari script
• 5) Four items which appear to be lists or tables of Indian alphabets, one with English transcriptions. Digby notes that the alphabets included are North Indian, namely Kayathi, Shastri and Mahajani
• 6) One long manuscript in Devanagari script, as yet unidentified, but with English transcriptions in Elliot's hand
• 7) Six items in Persian script, as yet unidentified, which appear to be tables. On each is what appears to be an official stamp
• 8) Two rough pages of notes in Devanagari script, written in pencil
• 9) One slim item, appearing to be a Devanagari word-list
• 10) Three pages of verse in Devanagari script
• 11) One page in Devanagari script, appearing to be a word-list

Three pieces of fragmentary lines, belonging to a Persian manuscript.