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A series of manuscripts concerning Hodgson's interest in the question of vernacular education in India.

Subscription list for "Normal Vernacular School for translators and school masters". Hodgson sets out his vision for education in India which is followed by a list of subscribers and the amount they have subscribed. Handwritten, 1 piece 4 sides, dated October 1841.

Copy of a letter to the Editor of the Delhi Gazette. Copy of a letter from "A Morfussillite" concerning his scorn for the use of vernacular education. Copy is in Hodgson's hand and he has added his opinion that, "This writer is evidently as bitter an opponent of the living as of the dead languages of the people..." Handwritten, 2 pieces, 6 sides, dated 12 January 1848.

"Testimonials to the value of my labours in literature, education & science collected by my darling Annie and found in her desk Mar 12 1868." Notebook containing handwritten copies and newspaper cuttings of testimonials concerning Hodgson's work ranging from 1849-1863. Notebook with marbled cover, handwritten and printed material. Also 2 further inserts with notes, dated 1849-1868.

"List of Buddha Books & drawings, & of Statistics of Nepaul left in Residency in five Boxes, by B.H.Hodgson, Dec 1st 1837." Each box is individually listed and a sixth package also listed. Further notes are added and there is an additional heading which states that the boxes were repackaged in 1844 to take home. There is a note that all his literary and scientific stores are to go, in case of his death, to his father who will dispose of them to the advantage of Hodgson's reputation. Handwritten, 1 piece, 4 sides, 1837-1844.

"Memo of Zoological Collections." List of drawings delivered to the British Museum by his father and to the Zoological Society in 1845. Further 4 copies of a list of "Distribution of B.H.H's. Zoological Productions." Also a rough note of zoological specimens. Handwritten, 6 pieces, 7 sides, dated 1845.

"Bird Drawings Jan 31, 1845". List of the drawings of different species of birds and the number of those drawings. Further list of drawings of Mammals. Note to inform: "Left at Darjeeling Decr 1852 in chest of drawers". Handwritten, 1 piece, 4 sides, dated 1845-1852.

"List of MSS presented to the India Office." List of manuscripts. The list seems to have initially been a store list for Hodgson compiled in 1858 but became the list of MSS given to the India Office in 1864. Along with the list is a copy of the letter from Hodgson to the Right Honorable Sir C Wood, Secretary of State for India, in which Hodgson writes concerning the acceptance of his donation for the India Office Library and lists the articles to be given. Both handwritten, list, 2 pieces, 4 sides; Letter, 4 pieces, 13 sides, dated 1858-1864.

"List of contents of five boxes left at Brianstone, January 1858". List on Indian paper written in [Nepali] of items left by Hodgson at his home, Brianstone, Darjeeling, in January 1858, with title in English and each page initialed by Hodgson. Handwritten on 3 large pieces of paper, dated January 1858.

"Some Account of the Bronchocele, or Goitre of Nipal and of the Cis, and Trans-Himalayan Regions" by M.J. Bramley, Esq. Presented to the Medical Society of Calcutta on the 3rd November 1832 and Printed in the 6th Vol. of Transactions" Soft cover offprint with inscription on front cover in which Hodgson has written "NB. All the general matter of the paper - i.e. all but the medical portion was supplied by me to Dr. B". Within the pages are two loose newspaper cuttings; one on exchange rates and the other on information requested by the Revenue and Customs Officers of the Western provinces. Printed material with handwritten notes on front cover, 84 pages, dated 1832.