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Two Letters written by Sir Joseph Banks in 1797 regarding a donation of books made by Lady Anna Maria Jones to the Royal Society

There are two letters from John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, one to Lady Anna Maria Jones and one to "Dear Sir", both expressing concern regarding Lady Jones' health.

These are six small cards with drawings and inscriptions by Lady Jones. Each measures 7.8cm x 12cm with sketches in pencil and watercolour. There is a pencil sketch of a sanyasi, 2 watercolour pictures of Ramlochan, William Jones' Sanskrit teacher, sketches of a buffalo and a tiger, and of a fight compound.

This is a sketchbook of botanical drawings consisting of sheets of paper sewn together. One is signed AMJ (Anna Maria Jones), Others have inscriptions by William Jones. The specimens were drawn at Krishnagar, October 1789, September - October 1791, September - October, 1792; Harishnagar May - July, 1791, March - May 1792; and Calcutta, March 1793. Most of the sketches are in pencil with some watercolour additions. Among the labelled ones there are:

• Menyanthes, dated October 1791
• Hydrophyllum, dated 26 October 1791
• Capparis, dated 19 August 1791
• Crotalaria, dated 12 July 1791
• Cerbera Manghas, dated 26 July 1791
• Pistia, dated 30 September 1791
• Urena Sinuata, dated 21 September 1791
• Celtis Orientalis
• Coocoo Cheri, dated 1793

Also within the sketchbook are some herbarium specimens.

These are loose sheets of paper with pencil or ink sketches of plants and added notes concerning the specimens. Among the labelled ones there are:

• Male and female flowers of Cucurbitacea, dated 13 October 1792
• Convolvulus and Trichosanthos
• Bryonia Luciniosa, dated October 1792
• Ipomoea pes-tigridis, dated 2 October 1792
• Phaseolus Mungo

These include both botanical and other sketches including a butterfly and a building. The notes are in more than one hand, some accompanying the drawings, some describing specimens and one concerning mixing of paint. Among the labelled ones there are:

• Thalia Tapari
• Mimosa Pudica
• Celosia Nodiflora
• 'a variety of Convolvulus Batatas’

These are 3 large sketches presumably by Lady Jones. Only one has an accompanying description which dates it to 17th March [1790]. This is a pencil sketch of a climbing plant in the Company's Botanical Gardens near Calcutta (Kolkata). The second sketch is in pencil with a single flower in colour but with no annotation. The third sketch is also in pencil with leaves and flower in colour.

Each of these three drawings has been given a reference number used in the Head catalogue, including 025.037, 025.067 and one from the sub-collection of 025.054-025.068 (likely 025.066 as the remaining numbers have all been assigned).

Transcription of tomb inscription, also showing drawing of a cave entrance. Presented to the RAS by Captain Harkness June 1832

Transcription of inscription on stone. Presented to the RAS by Captain Harkness, June 1832.

Copies of ancient Inscriptions taken by Henry Harkness, or under his immediate superintendence, in Grantha and Tamil, manuscript folio.