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Two items: a letter from Christian Vernacular Education Society and a draft response from Brian Houghton Hodgson.

Letter from the Christian Vernacular Education Society to General Scott (Hodgson's father-in-law) in which it sets out the work the Society is achieving in providing education in India and asks for support. Handwritten with printed letterhead, 3 sides, dated February 1866.

This series covers all the other correspondence with the Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson, It ranges in date from 1843 to 1880 and covers personal, political and research interests.

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.