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Letter from Lord Reay to Miss Hughes, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he signed the letter and has forwarded it. He suggests the letter be sent through Charles Lyall to expedite matters.

Letter from Lord Macaulay to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his letter and the accompanying tract on Indian legislation (Essay on the law and legal practice of Nepal). Handwritten, 2 sides. Dated 6 May 1835.

Letter from Lord Hailey to Royal Asiatic Society to write that he will be unable to be at the lecture as he must be in Geneva for a meeting of the Permanent Mandate Commission.

Letter from Lord Hailey to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, to say that he will be in London on 12th May but that he feels that somebody else, such as Lord Zetland, should present the Medal. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 19 March 1938.

Letter from Lord Chalmers to Norman Mosley Penzer to enclose a contribution of two guineas towards the Fund.

Letter from Lord Canning to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his letter. Canning hopes to meet with Hodgson when he is in Calcutta and would particularly like to discuss how much capital an able-bodied fellow and his wife would need to make a start in the Himalaya. He asks whether Hodgson has heard anything of Jung Bahadur. Handwritten, 8 sides, dated 4 January 1858.

Letter from Lord Canning, Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his letter and that of Prinsep and to return the prints. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 17 November 1857.

Letter from Lord Auckland to Brian Houghton Hodgson with acknowledgement and thanks for letters and objects of curiosity sent by Hodgson from Nepal after Auckland had left Calcutta, and authorising Hodgson to purchase objects of interest such as silver images of gods used by the people of Lhasa in their occasional visits to Assam. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 22 October 1842.

Letter from Liu Ts'un-yen to Angus Graham to send his book. Originally attached to Liu Ts'un-yen's book New Excursions from the Hall of Harmonious Wind (Graham Collection).

Letter from Liu Cunren 劉存人 to Angus Graham on the translation of the Mojing or Mozi, the Mohist canon.