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Notes on research into Chinese language. Some of these are unordered.

"Language and Logic in ancient China, by Chad Hansen, University of Michigan Press, 1983". Correspondence concerning Graham's review and drafts of the review.

A green pattern cover notebook handwritten possibly in Sanskrit, the title on the first page reads 'Langlol and Notes on same'. It has annotations in English and the content is possibly related to a dialect from Manipur, India.

Excerpt from The Weekend Telegraph about Mongolia dated 30 September 1966.

These are six small cards with drawings and inscriptions by Lady Jones. Each measures 7.8cm x 12cm with sketches in pencil and watercolour. There is a pencil sketch of a sanyasi, 2 watercolour pictures of Ramlochan, William Jones' Sanskrit teacher, sketches of a buffalo and a tiger, and of a fight compound.

Lady Burton’s Gift to the Nation by Mary S Lovell. “To accompany the exhibition of that name at Orleans House Gallery 27 June – 9 August 1998.” Orleans House Gallery 1998. Paper bound booklet with portraits of Richard and Isabel Burton at the time of their marriage, 1861, on the front cover reproduced from gouache portraits by Louis Desanges and a photograph of Isabel and Richard Burton in their garden, Trieste c. 1890 from Isabel Burton's photograph album.

"Labour in Northern USSR" by Terence Armstrong. Reprinted from The Polar Record, Vol 13, No. 87, 1967, pp.769-74.

These are notes in a later hand when a family member must have intended to organise the correspondence.

Note "Family Letters of T.M. from Switzerland". On reverse is address "Thomas Manning Esq., at Mr Charles Lloyd, Penrith" and from "Mr Robinson" Note "Family Letters of T M from Cambridge &c". Note "Family Letters of T M from France" Note "Family Letters of T M while in the East

All handwritten, single piece

Two labels and original containing envelope. These give provenance information concerning the material.

Label with the words "Letters of Capt. Newbold from April 1842 to September 1848" written on it. Used as a sleeve to keep all the letters together.