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Letter from East India House to Richard Clarke,Secretary to Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Court of Directors of the East India Company wish to donate the first volume of an edition of the Rig Veda Sanhita with Sanskrit Commentary by Sayanacharya, edited by Max Muller of Berlin, under the superintendence of H.H. Wilson. Dated 6th March, 1850, handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides.

Letter from East India House to Richard Clarke to forward a Copy of the Bombay Magnetical and Meteorological Observations for the year 1846, and a Copy of Magnetical Observations for 1847. Dated 10 April 1851, handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides.

Letter from East India House to Professor H.H. Wilson to forward a copy of "the Photographs of Drawings of Ancient Buildings at Beejapore in the Deccan". Dated 21 October, 1858, 1 piece, 2 sides.

Letter from Earl Attlee to Godfrey Godwin, Adviser to the Library, RAS, stating that he was unaware of his father's donation of Richard Burton's Consular Hat and stick. Typed, dated 24 February 1991.

Letter from E. V. Menzies, Royal Institute of International Affairs, to Dennis J. Duncanson to forward Ackerson's letter [DD/7/17].

Letter from E Maclagan to D.S. Margoliouth to state that he would be pleased to present the Prize Medal. Handwritten, with printed letterhead, dated 24 November 1937.

Letter from E. Maclagan to Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to inform that the Committee for selecting the subject for the Universities Prize Essay had met and suggest two different titles. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 10 December 1936.

Letter from E. Denison Ross to C.A. Storey to inform him that at the trustees meeting held on 23 May, it was resolved that for the publication Hudud ud Alam, edited by Vladimir Minorsky, that apart from verbal corrections no further additions to the proofs be allowed and the work should be printed with an index of only the proper names. Denison Ross writes that on reporting this to Minorsky, he found that Minorsky had already created a more detailed index of his notes and commentary. Denison Ross and Professor Nicholson are soliciting the opinion of the trustees as to whether this increased index should be printed. Denison Ross gives an approximate estimate to the costs.

Letter from Dwarkanath Tagore to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he expresses his commitment of support for the promotion of Hodgson's scheme of education in India, his desire to educate and enlighten Indian people at large, good wishes for personal happiness and wellbeing and for the prosperity of the great cause that Hodgson had left behind in India i.e. the scheme of education in vernacular languages, with some emphasis on local knowledge and tradition. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 12 November 1843.

Letter from D.W. Hamlyn, Birkbeck College, to Angus Graham to respond to Graham's letter to provide his critique as requested by Graham.