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Joshua Marshman was a missionary based at Serampore with William Carey. He was engaged in translation, including translating Confucius and the Bible into Chinese. It appears from these letters that whilst Manning was in Bengal, awaiting permission to travel to Tibet, he helped Marshman with his translations. There are 8 letters.

Letter from Joshua Marshman to Thomas Manning. He discusses Manning's journey to try to reach Peking. He says that he has discussed it with Mr (William) Carey. [Lapar] would not be able to go on the journey because he is needed for the work in Serampore and is in poor health. He considers Manning's idea of going via Burma and wishes that he could just set him down in Peking. Dated 28th August 1810, Handwritten, 1 piece, 3 sides