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Letter from Richard Wood to Captain Thomas John Newbold, sent from Damascus, in which he writes that he is gratified to hear that Newbold is safely housed with the monks in Jerusalem, as the extreme weather after Newbold's departure had given him much concern. He writes of Newbold's exploration of Southern Syria. Wood regrets his failure to trace a parcel which Newbold had sent.

Letter from R.J. Cunningham to send a contribution of £1 to the fund.

Letterfrom Robert Bly to Angus Graham concerning his poem, The Sun Beneath the Coral, which Bly had read in the papers.

Letter from Robert Caldwell to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his articles on the Himalayan languages though he has not yet had leisure to study them as they deserve. Hodgson's note puts Caldwell as the author of the Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian languages and Honorary Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 8 December 1862. With accompanying envelope on which Hodgson notes that Caldwell thinks the analyses were good.

Letter from Robert Cust to Brian Houghton Hodgson to send a handwritten copy of a paper published by the Conte Angelo de Gubernatis on Hodgson. Cust hopes that Hodgson would be able to understand this delightful paper. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 19 June 1883. Accompanying article, handwritten in Italian, 1 side, dated 10 June 1883.

Two copies of a letter from Robert D. Murphy to unnamed recipients concerning Dennis J. Duncanson's book 'Government and Revolution.' The letter contains a single comment with permission to be used: "…a scholarly and fascinating presentation of an elusive subject matter...an intensely instructive and gripping narrative. It is hard to lay this book down."

Letter from Robert D. Murphy (former US Ambassador and current Chairman of Corning Glass International) to Richard A. May, in response to the latter's correspondence on 31 October 1967. Murphy provides comprehensive feedback from having read the page proofs of Duncanson's book.

Letter from Robert Henricks to Angus Graham to inform Graham that he was home safely and that he had been granted a Faculty Fellowship for 1981 as well as a Sabbatical to give him time to work on his Hsi K'ang translations.

Letter from Robert Gordon Latham to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he acknowledges the receipt of Hodgson's letters and works, and discusses ethnological and linguistic points relating to Aryans, Europeans and various Himalayan tribes including Chepangs, Magars, Gurungs, Kusundas, Hayus, Lhopa. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 10 August 1852.

Letter from Robert Irwin to Anthony Stockwell to confirm the Committee's unanimous choice of David Snellgrove as recipient of the Burton Memorial Medal.