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Three Letters from Thomas [ ] to Brian Houghton Hodgson concerning the identification of plant species. One has annotations by Hodgson. Handwritten, 2 sides, 3 sides, 1 side, all undated.

Letter to "My Dear Sir" in which the writer stresses that the alterations to a paragraph are very important and that he wishes the paper to be seen by the Duke of Argyll. Possibly a draft letter of Hodgson's considering the content and the spelling Argyle but not in his hand. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 3 April [1873].

Letter from Lady Caledon to Annie Hodgson concerning a photograph that Annie had sent and concerning a memorial to Lady Canning to be put in the church at Darjeeling. She also mentions Dr Dicken's death. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 6 sides, dated 3 July [1862] (Lady Canning died November 1861)

A set of six manuscripts. Most of these are concerned with Hodgson's comparison of vocabularies in the Himalayan region. There are also notes concerning English-German vocabulary.

Vocabulary of the Broken Tribes of Himalaya. "Printed in Jour. Asi. Soc. Bengal, Vocabulary of Broken tribes of Himalaya to As. Soc of Bengal Oct 9 1857 with memoir on Váyus". Vocabulary sheets comparing English, Kusundá, Pákhyá, Thakśya and Tháru. handwritten, 6 large sheets, dated 9 October 1857.

Váyu / Háyu Language/Dialect. As set of nine manuscripts concerning the Váyu / Háyu Language/Dialect and its vocabulary.

"A Specimen of the Váyu language". A sample of Váyu / Háyu writing with its English translation giving the story of a man called Pachyá. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 4 sides, undated.

"Bahing verbs". Declension of different verbs in the Bahing language and notes concerning them. Note on back "Kirânti people presented by self in person to As. Soc. Beng. Nov 1857, 4 photographs. The paper "On the Kirânti tribe of the central Himalaya by B.H. Hodgson also with this document in which Hodgson sets out to explain the Kirânti language. Handwritten, 13 pieces, Nov 1857. Further cover with "Printed in Jour As Soc Bengal: Memoir of Kirânti people presented to As Soc Beng with 4 photographs, Nov 1857".

A Bhojpuri rāga song known as the Morang song referring to an expedition to Burma. English title says "Moran song: on the expedition to Burmah land sung at Nepal Durbar, Feb [5] 1830. Handwritten in Bhojpuri, dated February 1830.

Three miscellaneous manuscript items connected to Hodgson's study of languages.