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Copy of a letter from Thomas Manning to Charles Lamb from Cambridge. He apologises for his slowness in answering Lamb's letter - he is taken up with preparing a pupil for examination. He hopes to spend time with him in Town in about 5 weeks. He then adds some critique on the title of Lamb's "Tragedy". The Postscript writes that he has added a page of drawings and queer beasts but no record of these is with the copy. Dated 15 December [1799], postmarked 18 December, 1799. The copy is handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side

Copy of a letter from Thomas Manning to Charles Lamb, India House, London. He writes again about trying to arrange to see each other and the difficulties of time available. He is sorry to hear of the tragic fate of Lamb's Tragedie but asks that he may have a copy partly transcribed by Lamb and partly by his sister Mary, to whom Manning sends his kindest condolences. He has copied part of the poem, The Vernal Walk (by Ebenezer Elliott) which had recently been published in Cambridge. Dated [12] December. Copy is handwritten, 4 pieces, 4 sides

Copy of a letter from Thomas Manning to Charles Lamb, India House, London. Manning is writing just before he sails for China. He wished that he had been able to visit Mary but has not even been to see his father. When he returns he hopes to spend much time with Lamb. Dated from postmark, 12 May 1806. Copy is handwritten, 2 pieces, 2 sides.

Copy of a letter from Thomas Manning to Charles Lamb, India House, London. He pleads with Lamb to go to stay with him in Cambridge - the very thoughts "Of your coming makes my keg of rum wobble about like a porpoise & the Liquor (how fine it smells) goes Gultch squlluck against the sides for joy - just (if I may compare great things with small - my rum puncheon with old Zacharia's haus in kelter) as St John wobbled in Elizabeth's womb when Mary, big with Xt by the Holy Ghost, walked into Cousin Betty's parlour". Manning asks to be added to Dyer's list of subscribers. Dated in different hand, 10 August, 1800. Copy is 2 pieces, 2 sides

Copy of a letter from John Pinches to the Royal Asiatic Society to give particulars regarding the cost of making the School, Triennial and Burton Medals. Typed letter, undated.

Typed copy of a letter from Isabel Burton to Mr Quaritch to ask him to advertise for [Petersilaas's] undiscovered county and an old copy of Burton's bayonet Exercise. She writes that the article in the Atheneum that had vexed Quaritch did not seem so offensive to her. She is concerned regarding the forthcoming Arabian Nights whose copyright she has sold under the strictest covenants. Letter is from The Catholic Rectory, Carlisle, dated 14 November 1894

Copy of a letter from Gajarajsing Thapa to Brian Houghton Hodgson with messages from Jung Bahadur about the massacre in Delhi and the military help offered by him to Lord Canning. Jung Bahadur plans to visit Lord Canning in Calcutta in November and he requests that Hodgson comes to Calcutta at that time as his wishes to have a meeting with Hodgson. He writes about the rumour of the fall of Delhi and that Nepal's Gorkhali troops are to be sent off the next day. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 28 June 1857.

Copy of a letter from Dow & Lester Ltd. to W. Lewis, University Press, concerning some books which had been sent to them from Percy Lund Humphries & Co, labelled "Persian poems". They will send a few sheets of the books to ascertain if these are the books about which the University Press is enquiring.

Copy of a letter from Charles Lamb to "Annette - a pupil of Mrs Kenny's". Lamb gives his excuses as to why he hadn't replied earlier and says that he and Mary would be happy for her to visit. Dated last day of year, 1822. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 2 sides.

'Copy of a letter from Captain Kittoe, addressed to Colonel Sykes. Dated Gya, 2 March 1848' which seems to be a copy of much of RAS GOV7/19. Kittoe writes of his interaction with the local Brahmins and that he sends copies of inscriptions.