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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.

Letter from Sir George Clerk to Colonel Burrowes, Formerly Private Secretary to Mountstuart Elphinstone, in which he apologises for the delay in replying to Hodgson's letter, but he has been an invalid. He praises Hodgson's diplomacy and his representation of the Government and regrets the treatment that Hodgson had received. Note in Hodgson's hand tells of the letter being addressed to Burrowes. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 20 June 1863.

Letter from Institut de France to Brian Houghton Hodgson to inform Hodgson that his gift to the institute in 1857 has been beneficial to research and how highly it is esteemed. Handwritten in French with printed letterhead, 2 sides, dated 15 April 1864.

Letter from George Cotton, Bishop of Calcutta, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his gift of his library to St. Paul's School, Darjeeling. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 6 September 1864.

Letter from W. Bromehead to Brian Houghton Hodgson to enclose a copy of the proceedings of St Paul's School, Darjeeling, in which Hodgson's gift of his library was acknowledged. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 25 October, 1864.

Letter from Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian, British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to acknowledge receipt through Major General Scott of Hodgson's work on the importance of the vernacular languages in education. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 18 December 1855.

Letter from Antonio Panizzi, Principal Librarian, British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his present of his work on comparative vocabulary of the languages of the broken tribes of Nepal. Printed letter with handwritten additions, 2 sides, dated 23 August 1864.

Letter from Sir James Ranaldl Martin to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he writes about Scott's abscesses in his bowel but also upon the importance of hill stations and the evidence that Hodgson was able to give. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 14 October 1864.

Letter from Herman Merivale, India Office, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his letter in which he presents a gift of Oriental Manuscripts to the Library of the India Office. Handwritten with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 12 August 1864.

Letter from Philip Lutley Sclater, Zoological Society of London, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to enclose a receipt for Hodgson's subscription to the Society's publication and to thank Hodgson for directing attention towards the species of [kaleyu]. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 31 January 1865.