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The file contains a variety of notes, alphabet tables with English transcriptions, songs and word-lists, many unidentified, with some in Persian script and others in Devanagari script. Simon Digby notes that the items are "evidently from the papers of Sir H.M. Elliot", and describes some of the contents as follows:

• 1) Words in Persian script of a song (thumri) in tan (raga), Bihari
• 2) 'Ahwal Katorianka' or 'Five Sepoy Kubeers', in Devanagari script, sent to Elliot by Wakefield, and copied down by one of the latter's 'Buchgotees'
• 3) Word-list in Devanagari script, paper watermarked 1848
• 4) 'Hakikat Rajmahal', in Devanagari script
• 5) Four items which appear to be lists or tables of Indian alphabets, one with English transcriptions. Digby notes that the alphabets included are North Indian, namely Kayathi, Shastri and Mahajani
• 6) One long manuscript in Devanagari script, as yet unidentified, but with English transcriptions in Elliot's hand
• 7) Six items in Persian script, as yet unidentified, which appear to be tables. On each is what appears to be an official stamp
• 8) Two rough pages of notes in Devanagari script, written in pencil
• 9) One slim item, appearing to be a Devanagari word-list
• 10) Three pages of verse in Devanagari script
• 11) One page in Devanagari script, appearing to be a word-list

Handwritten manuscript titled 'The Original Notes' on the Archaic Manipuri language, there is an Index for the ease of reference. Annotations are made on some pages in modern and archaic Manipuri, accompanied with a letter from Roland B Dixon (1875-1934) and a catalogue 'Rules and Regulations of The Asiatic Society of Bengal' printed by The Baptist Mission Press at Calcutta 1929.

"The Indo-Mahomedan Ephemeris of Alpoor, S. India, Lat. 15° 54'N. Long. 78° 12'E by Capt. Newbold". A paper presented at the Royal Asiatic Society on 7 March 1846 concerning a Persian taqwim for the town of Alpoor, written by Sayyid Ibrahīm 'urf Bare Miyān. With the paper is the taqwim and a letter from Sayyid Ibrahīm 'urf Bare Miyān to Newbold. The taqwim is dated A.H. 1200 (AD 1785/6).

"The Bhuga of Mahanundi" A Paper sent by Newbold to the Royal Asiatic Society on thermal springs in South India. He gives their location and a detailed description. A note at the head of the paper in pencil reads "Read Jan 14th 1843". With the Paper is also a label, "Thermal Springs of Mahamandi by Capt Newbold, Read 14 January 1843".

Typed manuscript titled 'A Study made of 133 words in 29 different dialects to compare to the Archaic and Modern Manipuri', there is handwritten annotations on the front page: 'by Rev W Pettigrew of Manipur State Assam India' and 'Preparatory to a paper proposed to write on the Archaic Manipuri language'. The manuscript has been formatted in to a table which has the modern Manipuri dialect on the left and the archaic dialect on the right.