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The letter concerns a book wrongly donated to the Royal Society by Lady Jones' that belongs to the Reverend [Boulter] and asking that the gentleman would claim it from the Royal Society apartments.

Sir Joseph Banks writes that he does not consider that Mr [Wilkins] needs any assistance but if Major [Barclay] wishes to ask directly then Mr Wilkins can accept or decline as he wishes.

The final paragraph of the letter reports to Lady Jones how well her donation was received at the Royal Society.

This letter from Joseph Banks asks Lady Jones to request that [Doctor Breten] puts in writing about the book belonging to him that was wrongly included in a donation by Lady and Sir William Jones to the Royal Society.

This letter expresses concern regarding Lady Jones' health and making arrangements to see a notary concerning obtaining a burial certificate, that he will testify that he saw William Jones when dead. An added note in a different hand dates this letter to 26th May, 1829.

This letter expresses Teignmouth's concern that Lady Jones was unable to see him that morning because of ill health and so could not peruse the papers that he wanted to show her. He will instead take them to Great Marlborough Street to Mr Hare.

A note in a different hand dates the letter to 1829 and states this was when Lord Teignmouth was 77 years old.

This is a pencil sketch with inscription on the reverse "A Senyasi, or Zealot smoking his Hukkah and giving orders for the dimensions of the grave in which he was buried alive at his own desire, though the Verzir's brother Saadat Ali offered him a large sum to abandon his enthusiastick resolution. Benares, 27 Jan. 1785"

This is one of two watercolour portraits of Ramlochan who was William Jones' Sanskrit teacher. In this picture the teacher or pundit is sat in a chair with a pen in his right hand and a manuscript across his lap. The inscription above the picture reads "Ramlochan Cantaberna of the Vaidya or Medical tribe, a teacher of Sanscrit Grammar in the HIndu Seminary at Nadiya. Aged 65 years. 15 Oct. 1785"

This is one of two watercolour pictures of Ramlochan Cantaberna. In this picture he is seated in a chair at a desk with pen in one hand and a manuscript in the other. The inscription above states "Ramlochan Cantaberna of the Vaidya Cast, a physician and schoolmaster at Nediya, aged 65 yrs." Below the inscription reads "Crishna-nagar, 15 Oct. 1785".

This card has a watercolour sketch of a compound into which a buffalo is being led to fight a tiger. The front shows the annotations B, D, H, T & G which are described on the reverse of the card: B is the buffalo, T is the tiger's cage, D is the dying tiger, H is the room from which the combat was viewed and G a building belonging to Charles Croftes.

This is a sketch of a buffalo, presumably the one that took part in the fight of WJ/3/1/4. The inscription above gives both Sanskrit and Persian words for the buffalo.

This sketch show a dying tiger and is entitled "A Tiger killed by a Buffalo, 4 March 1786" It also has inscribed the Sanskrit and Persian names for a tiger.