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Letter from Thomas Weeding (East India Company Agent and Independent Merchant) to Captain Harkness, Secretary to Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the gift of the "Grand Chop" or clearance document for the Sarah, the first ship to arrive in England directly from China after the East India Company relinquished its commercial character. She had a cargo of raw silk exceeding a value of £400,000. Letter accompanied by a short translation. Dated 24th May, 1836. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 3 sides.

Letter from William Behnes to Colonel John Briggs, Secretary to Royal Asiatic Society, regarding inadequate payment for the marble bust of Major-General Sir Henry Worsley. Dated May 1838, handwritten letter, 1 piece, 3 sides.

This subseries contains the Donations Register and one List pertaining to acquisitions in this period.

Letter from Apurva Krishna, Raja, Bahadur and Poet to His Majesty of Delhi, to the Royal Asiatic Society to donate a Copy of his Urdu Musnavi. Dated 29 November 1846, handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides.

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.

The Donations Register, a list and correspondence pertaining to acquisitions in this period.

Ten letters pertaining to acquisitions in this time period.

Two Letters from E. H. M. Tod concerning a Collection of Coins left at the Royal Asiatic Society by Colonel Tod. Dated 25 and 26 March, 1861, handwritten, each 1 piece, 4 sides.

Letter from M. Holgmann, Librarian to H.R.H. Prince of Wales, to Edwin Norris, Hon. Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, to forward a copy of the description of a papyrus which was found in an excavation made by the direction of the Prince during his Eastern tour. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides, dated 10 December 1863.

Two letters regarding Malay books and manuscripts bequeathed to the Royal Asiatic Society from the estate of Sir William Maxwell, Governor of the Gold Estate Colony. Dated, 1 April 1898 and 4 May 1898, handwritten, each 1 piece, 3 sides and 4 sides.