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"Route from the plains to Nepal". A manuscript draft and notes on the geography and people of the area. Handwritten, 9 pieces, 21 sides, undated.

Draft Paper on the Kingdom of Nepal: Its languages, literature and religion. A draft paper in which Hodgson describes Nepal - the kingdom, the diversity of language and religion and the different peoples. Also some additional loose notes concerning vocabulary and distances. Handwritten, 10 pieces, 18 sides, undated.

"Commerce with the countries north of India". A paper written in reply to one given at the Society of Arts by Sir Douglas Forsyth on the possibilities of commerce with Sikkim, Nepal and Tibet, in which Hodgson points out his previous attempts to raise this issue and his opinions on the subject. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 7 sides, undated [1877, see BHH/5/41/1].

Handwritten extract from the beginning of chapter 4 of Hunter's Annals of rural Bengal (1868).. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides, undated (book published in 1868).

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.