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A letter with two pages expressing sympathy to Patricia and giving news of their posting in Mallorca.

Letter from Joseph Barnard Davis to Brian Houghton Hodgson, 11 April 1859. Davis apologies for not replying sooner. They have come to the country for a few days to try to help relieve Mrs Davis' spasms of the stomach. He writes about collecting ethnological data and will go to the British Museum to see some of the heads. He had seen Schlginhbeit's casts when they were exhibited by Colonel Sykes. Davis writes of a letter he has received from a friend in the Sandwich Isles who is a geologist and a little of an ethnologist. Davis continues with more ethnological discussion. Handwritten, 4 sides with accompanying envelope, dated 11 April 1859.

Letter from Joseph Barnard Davis to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his valuable essays on Nepali tribes. Davis has found them most helpful and discusses points concerning them within the letter. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 12 September 1860.

Letter from Joseph Barnard Davis to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his letters and loan of a portfolio of materials which he considers very valuable and of great interest to study. He asks permission to make copies of them and makes comments upon his investigations. Handwritten, 8 sides, dated 6 April 1859.

Letter from Joseph Dart, Secretary at East India Company, to Thomas Manning. This letter informs him that the Court will not undertake to defray any expenses Manning has incurred in bringing the Chinese men to England and that they have no need of them at the College. Dated 8th January 1818. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides

Letter from Joseph Héliodore Garcin de Tassy to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his letter and to send him his Paper on Bhutan. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 3 March 1859.

Letter from Joseph Hooker to Brian Houghton Hodgson. He writes that he was waiting to finish Gill before writing to Hodgson, which he has done by stealing minutes out of days and nights of other work. He is disappointed with both volumes of the book and states some of his criticisms. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 1 March 1880.

Letter from Joseph Hooker to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he thanks Hodgson for the cheese and biscuits which have arrived though not yet the butter. He expects to be at [Choongtau] for several days. They are having good weather. He writes about the Humboldt book that he is reading. In a postscript he says that he has done the right thing about the [Kingar] Pass and that Campbell finally sent word. Hooker will keep Hodgson's watch for a few days and then return it. With accompanying envelope. Handwritten 3 sides, dated, 12 August 1849.

Letter from Joseph Hooker to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he writes from his imprisonment. He sends copies of Campbell's letters which will supply Hodgson with the main facts. He includes notes concerning where they have travelled. Hooker writes of his and Campbell's imprisonment and questioning and concludes that it is a "storm in a wash-hand-basin". Handwritten, 26 sides, dated 12 November 1849.

Letter from Joseph Hooker to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he thanks Hodgson for his letter and informs him that his watch has arrived safely. They caught a small black cobra the other day and a most beautiful green snake about 4 feet long. Hooker writes of some of his observations, that he is returning Strachey and the Athenaeum. He is hoping for supplies from Calcutta and asks Hodgson to forward certain items when they arrive. With accompanying envelope. Handwritten, 5 sides, dated 13 August 1849.