Letter from Captain Thomas Brown (1785-1862), Curator, Manchester Natural History Society, to Brian Houghton Hodgson, on behalf of the President of the Society to thank Hodgson for his valuable donation of 224 Bird skins from Nepal. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 12 June 1845.

Letter from Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris to Brian Houghton Hodgson to acknowledge the collection of birds that Hodgson had sent via Nathaniel Wallich. Handwritten in French with printed letterhead, 2 sides, signed by Adrien de Jussieu, Director, Louis Cordier, Treasurer and Achille Valenciennes, Secretary, dated 28 April 1835. With accompanying note from [Eugene Jacquet] concerning l'Academie du Sciences. Handwritten in French, 1 side, undated.