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Letter from Kwong-Loi Shun, University of California, Berkeley, to Angus Graham to thank him for agreeing to be a discussant for the panel and to give him details of the format of the panel.

Letter from La Société Belge d'Etudes Orientales regarding the formation of their Society and the honour to participate in the Royal Asiatic Society's Centenary celebrations. Typed letter with handwritten annotations, in French, dated 1 October 1922.
Also handwritten draft message from the L'Academie Roy de Belgique and La Société Belge d'Etudes Orientales. Handwritten, undated.

Letter from Lady Caledon to Annie Hodgson concerning a photograph that Annie had sent and concerning a memorial to Lady Canning to be put in the church at Darjeeling. She also mentions Dr Dicken's death. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 6 sides, dated 3 July [1862] (Lady Canning died November 1861)

Letter from Lady E Compton to Lady Smith (nee Belinda Sutherland Colebrooke) to send congratulations upon her wedding. She asks that Belinda writes to say that Belinda Smith will love her as dearly as Belinda Colebrooke did. Handwritten, dated 24 July 1823.

Letter from Lady Northampton to Lady Smith (nee Belinda Sutherland Colebrooke) to send blessings on her marriage and looks forward to her renewed connection with the family. Handwritten, dated 24 July 1823.

Letter from Lancelot Wilkinson, Political Agent at Bhopal, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his letter and the accompanying translation of the "Buddha disputation on Caste" which has amazed Wilkinson. The arguments expanded had angered Wilkinson's Pundit. He talks of other manuscripts and states that his own study has been guided by the principle of making them useful for the promotion of education and enquiry. He sends his [Shashces] Copy of the Jain inscription at Sanchees. He wishes to obtain a copy of Arya Bhats Siddhartha. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 11 May 1835.

Letter from Lancelot Wilkinson, Political Agent at Bhopal, to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he thanks Hodgson for sending a copy of the Wajra Soochi (Vajra-sūcī). Two or three scholars have taken copies. He wonders whether Hodgson would aid him in getting it printed and circulated. Wilkinson has just received an interesting work from a "native mathematical instrument maker and astronomer" - a Sanskrit version of the Elements of Euclid. He writes that the Begum and her nephew the Nawah are still at loggerheads. They have called a truce and the Lord has offered to negotiate terms of peace. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 11 September 1837.

Letter from Larry Laudan, Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii, to Angus Graham to offer Graham a one-semester appointment as Visiting Full Professor of philosophy in Spring Semester 1988-89 with possible extension for a second semester. He advises that Graham apply for a visa for employment in the United States in the near future.

Letter from Larry Laudan, Department of Philosophy, University of Hawaii, to Angus Graham to offer Graham a one-semester appointment as Visiting Full Professor of philosophy. He gives details of the stipend and the courses they would like Graham to teach.

Letter from Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, to Colonel Hoysted, Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society, in which he declines the invitation to present Freya Stark with the Award due to a prior engagement at the Indian Committee. The letter bears an annotation from Hoysted to Margoliouth regretting Zetland's decline and suggesting they might get Lord Lloyd instead.