Hodgson kept many newspaper cuttings both about his own life and about the subjects in which he was interested. Though some of these are located with other material, such as in the Autograph book (BHH/1), there are 119 loose cuttings within his Papers.

Cutting from The Homeward Mail with article entitled,"Mr Forsyth's Mission to Yarkand" which is an initial report of the mission undertaken. Hodgson has added his own title. Date 10 September 1870.