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Draft of a letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society to send five sheets of drawings of Bonpa (Bon tradition, Tibetan religion) deities which were drawn by a mendicant friar on a visit to Darjeeling. He also send a copy of a Tibetan yantra which he writes the people of Tibet wear about their necks as charms. Hodgson writes that De Coros considered the Bonpas that oldest sect of Buddhism in Tibet and that the name lingers in the exorcist of certain tribes. Hodgson continues to write about the Bonpa and about Buddhism comparing and contrasting Tibetan forms with those of other parts of India. He comments on others' articles regarding Buddhism. There is postscript entitled "Addendum to 1st paper for JRAS" and a further NB regarding Tantrika Buddhism (unsure if part of the same correspondence). Handwritten, 4 pieces, 12 sides, dated 15 December 1860. This letter was printed in the JRAS 1861, pp.396-399 with the accompanying sheets of Bonpa deities.

Letter from Adolphe Régnier to [Brian Houghton Hodgson], or to a third party concerning Hodgson, to respond to a question asked in a received letter. The letter mentions Mohl (Julius von Mohl), Barthelemy and Max Müller. The writer is concerned with the production of lithographies of works connected to Hodgson. Handwritten in French, 4 sides, dated 13 July 1862.

Letter from Messrs. Crawford, Colvin & Co. to Brian Houghton Hodgson to notify that they have forwarded packages by railway received from Calcutta. These were 2 cases of Books and Manuscripts and 3 trunks. Handwritten with printed letterhead and pro forma, 1 side, dated 9 February 1863.

Draft letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Mr Hall in which he writes that since coming home he has been sorting through his papers. He sends to Hall a corrected copy of the second edition of the catalogue. He writes of the numbers of specimens that he has collected. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 1 December 1865.

Extracts of Draft Letters from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Sir Frederic Currie. There are two items in which Hodgson writes to Currie about his Buddhism studies.

Correspondence with Dr Reinhold Rost (1822–1896). Rost was a German orientalist, who worked for most of his life at St Augustine's Missionary College, Canterbury in England. Five letters of correspondence between Reinhold Rost and Brian Houghton Hodgson dating to the period, 1868-1873.

Draft Letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Dr Reinhold Rost in which he writes of his concern regarding the ignoring and plagiarising of his work on Buddhism by other scholars in their articles and sets out instances where he feels this has occurred. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 9 sides, dated 18 August 1868.

Letter from Dr Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he writes that Mr Fergusson is grateful for Hodgson's suggestions and offer of assistance and has read the suggested articles with interest. In a postscript Rost informs Hodgson that he spent the evening with Monsieur P.E. Foucaux, editor and translator of Lalita Vistara, and his lady, and that he is an honest, unpretending scholar. Philippe Édouard Foucaux (1811 – 1894) was a French Tibetologist. He published the first Tibetan grammar in French and occupied the first chair of Tibetan studies in Europe. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 28 August 1868.

Letter from James Summers to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he writes that he is willing to reprint Hodgson's papers on the language of Nepal and asks about titles and any addendum that Hodgson might require. He also asks whether it would be possible to reprint Hodgson's papers from the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 28 February 1870.

Correspondence with Sir Rutherford Alcock, KCB (1809 - 1897) who was the first British diplomatic representative to live in Japan. This is a set of five letters between Hodgson and Alcock, dating to 1873.