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These letters range from a criticism of Manning';s mathematical work to a family friend writing to William Manning regarding his concern of Thomas Manning's plan to visit China. Of particular note is a draft letter from Manning to Joseph Banks outlining the route of his Chinese studies and plans to travel to China.

This series covers all the other correspondence with the Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson, It ranges in date from 1843 to 1880 and covers personal, political and research interests.

This material covers other events organised, given or attended by Society members. These are:

20 and 25 January 2007 - Visit to Huqingyutang Apothecary

• Publicity for the visits to learn about the Medicine Men of Hangzhou.
• Itinerary for the visits.

23 January 2007 - Rotary Club Lecture

• Copy of the lecture given by Judith Kolbas, Vice-President, to the Rotary Club concerning the move of the Royal Asiatic Society China to Shanghai.

29 May 2007 - Visit to the Tea Fields at Meijiawu near Hangzhou

• Announcement for the visit to the tea fields at Meijiawu.
• Details of the Visit.
• Itinerary for the Visit.

2017 - Visit to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

• Postcard from Officers of "Shanghai RAS Library" to Edward Weech, Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the tour of the Royal Asiatic Society Library. Handwritten, dated 8 August 2017. The image on the postcard is of "Lane 481, Taixing Road, a shikumen longlang".

Four items connected to Hodgson's ethnographic research.

Manuscripts for other writing by Ingham. These are: Lesser Shrines and Temples of Middle India, Notes on the Deccan tour and suggestions about tourism, Villa for Babette, Journey in Middle India (2 versions)

These are handwritten manuscripts and notes probably belonging to Henry Miers Elliot mainly concerning languages and administrative details pertaining to India. However there is one file that contains a Legendary History of England.

Correspondence with other potential companies in regard to the Sesquicentenary Appeal. These are:

• Planned Public Relations Ltd., 2 letters dated 16 September 1970 - 24 November 1971.
• The National Council of Civil Service, 3 letters, dated 18 September 1970 - 1 October 1970.
• Hooker Craigmyle & Company Ltd., 3 letters, dated 24 November 1971 - 8 December 1971.
• Charity Consultants Ltd., dated 30 November 1971.
• Thomas Frankland Esq., 1 letter dated 13 December 1971.

Two letters, both dated 3 July 1985, from E.V. Gibson, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society. The first is to A.V. Bollans, The Alden Press Ltd., to terminate the annual agreement with the Press for the production of the Journal. The second is to J. Pettitt, SB Datagraphics. to invite the company to produce the Society's Journal in 1986.

Letters from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Headmasters at Dulwich College, Haileybury School, Charterhouse, and St. Paul's to ask if they would be interested in hosting a lecture, dated 1 January 1973.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, edited by Brian Hook and Denis Twitchett was published after some delay by Cambridge University Press in 1991. Graham contributed Other Schools of Philosophy. This material contains a draft of his contribution and correspondence.