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Various unbound notes and letters, including:

• Translations to English of words from Indic languages for Elliot's Glossary.
• One page of rough Devanagari script.
• Four pages with notes on the population and revenue of areas in India.
• Letter from B.N.C Hamilton providing information on castes and villages.

Bound manuscript for the "Supplemental Glossary of Terms Used in the North Western Provinces". It commences with a description on the flyleaf of how the volume came into existence. There is a further description under the heading "Supplement to the Printed Glossary" initially dated 15 August 1843, crossed out and changed to 7 February 1844. The manuscript is then titled "Supplemental Glossary of Revenue & Agricultural Terms used in the North Western Provinces". The manuscript has many alterations and annotations. The volume measures 26.5 cm x 21 cm with marbled cover and leather spine entitled "M.S. of Supplemental Glossary".

A bound manuscript for the "Supplemental Glossary of Terms Used in the North Western Provinces". The volume starts with a preface entitled "Supplement to the Printed Glossary" before beginning the glossary. The manuscript has some annotations and corrections. The volume measures 33.5 cm x 21 cm with marbled cover and leather spine much of which has been lost.

Three bound, handwritten volumes concerning the topography and statistics of the Dehli, Rohilcund, and Saugor and Nerbudda territories.

Bound volume of the topography and statistics of the Delhi territory, largely handwritten with various printed pages inserted, and one printed map. Includes information on the various Pergunnahs (Parganas), or administrative units, within the region.

Bound volume of the topography and statistics of the Rohilcund division, handwritten and containing one printed map. Also contains a letter from P. ('Pilgrim', his pseudonym) Barron, a sugar merchant and supposed founder of Nainital, dated 1842.

Bound, handwritten volume of the topography and statistics of the Saugor and Nerbudda territory (located in present-day Madhya Pradesh). Includes information on the various Pergunnahs (Parganas), or administrative units, within the region.

Administrative tables collected from the different districts concerning castes. Handwritten and compiled in local languages with some English.

Handmade notebook of tables of castes in districts of Upper India, pasted to the front of which is an Urdu letter to Elliot from Chuni Lal, dated January 1825.

Various tables and notes in an undeciphered Indic script, possibly Persian or Urdu, concerning information on the castes and communities of the Agra district.