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Letter from Herbert Fingarette to Angus Graham to send some remarks which he hopes will be of value in the progress of their discourse. The notes are with the letter.

Letter from Herbert Fingarette to Angus Graham to give his opinion on Ben Schwarz's review of Graham's book. He writes to express his appreciation for the contribution Graham has written for Fingarette's Festschrift which had been kept secret from him, even by his wife.

Letter from Herbert Fingarette to Angus Graham concerning Graham's review of Benjamin Schwartz's The World of Thought in Ancient China.

Letter from Herbert Chatley to Mrs Davies, The China Society, to send a translation of one of the oldest astronomical texts to be bound and put in the Royal Asiatic Society Library.

Letter from Herbert Allen Giles to Bernard Quaritch in which he apologises that the last rubbing is less legible than the first. He writes concerning a dinner for W. Fang which he assumes will be at 6pm. He would not be able to get to the Freemasons Hall before that time. He doubts that the Marquis will come up from Folkestone and asks whether the Editor of the London & China Express had received a formal invitation. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 27 January 1884.

Letter from Herbert Allen Giles to Bernard Quaritch to ask advice regarding a volume of Chinese poetry translated into English about which he had recently seen an article. Handwritten 2 sides, dated 16 December 1893.

Letter from Henry Yule to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he apologises for causing Hodgson so much writing and that he has been waiting for Montgomerie to be at home. He states that the papers Hodgson suggests will be very suitable and asks, if not too heavy, to send them via book post. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 23 July 1873. Also accompanying envelope with Hodgson's annotations.

Letter from Henry Unwin Addington, Foreign Office, to Richard Clarke, Secretary to Royal Asiatic Society, regarding inquiries to be made at Constantinople respecting packages sent by Major Henry Rawlinson to the Embassy at Constantinople for transmission to England. Dated March 20, 1846, handwritten letter, 1 piece, 2 sides.

Letter from Henry Thomas Colebrooke to "My dear Lord". Acting in his role of President of the Asiatick Society (role held from 1806--1815) he was requesting that the Lord, as Patron, would act to enable Dr Wallich, keeper of the Society's museum to continue at the Presidency rather than be sent to his recent appointment at an outstation. Handwritten, dated 19 October 1814 from Calcutta. Appended to this letter is a copy of a note written by Wallich about his debt to Colebrooke in obtaining his position at the Calcutta Garden. Handwritten, dated 15 October [1820]. This has further handwritten annotation stating that "The following... Extract from letter of Dr Wallich to Dawson Turner and is in the handwriting of the latter."

Letter from Henry Thomas Colebrooke to Nathaniel Wallich asking for him to supply botanical information in order for him to complete a publication on Indian plants. The letter includes a list of the information that he needs. He also asks for information about certain teak plantations. Handwritten, dated April 1817 from Albany London, with mention of Lord Castlereagh, 4 September in Wallich's hand (Boat on which the letter arrived).