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Letter from Josiah Forshall (1795–1863), Secretary British Museum, to Brian Houghton Hodgson on behalf of the Trustees of the Museum to thank Hodgson for his valuable present of a manuscript in the language of Tibet, being the Yum, part of the Prajnāpāramitā. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 15 May 1845. Additional notes in the autograph book state that Hodgson had given copies of the Prajnāpāramitā to different institutions and persons including the Royal Asiatic Society, the Bodleian Library, College of Fort-William in Calcutta (3 copies), and Eugène Burnouf at the Société Asiatique.

Certificate from the Manchester Natural History Society to make Brian Houghton Hodgson an Honorary Member of the Institution. Printed certificate with handwritten insertions and signatures, 1 side, dated 5 September 1845.

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 Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778-1858), Director of the Leiden Museum of Natural History, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to acknowledge and thank Hodgson for his gift of mammals and birds from Nepal. Handwritten in French, 3 sides, dated 18 December 1845.

Letter from Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell (1794- 1884), Frankfurt Zoological Society, to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he apologises for the delay in thanking Hodgson for sending some of his natural history publications from India. He hopes that Hodgson has received the certificate of Honorary Membership for the Zoological Society. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 2 March 1849.

Certificate and accompanying letter signed by Charles Athanase Walckenaer from the Institut de France, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres to certify that Hodgson had been made a Corresponding Member of the Academy. Printed and handwritten material in French, 2 sides, dated 27 December 1850.

Letter from Alexander Cunningham, archaeologist, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to discuss his explorations of Buddhist archaeology. He concludes by informing about the zoological specimens he has managed to obtain. Handwritten, 7 sides, dated 24 April 1851.

Letter from Robert Gordon Latham to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he acknowledges the receipt of Hodgson's letters and works, and discusses ethnological and linguistic points relating to Aryans, Europeans and various Himalayan tribes including Chepangs, Magars, Gurungs, Kusundas, Hayus, Lhopa. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 10 August 1852.

Letter from Eugène Burnouf to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he acknowledges Hodgson's letter sent from Darjeeling, discusses Buddhism, and his progress in reading of the Saddharmapundarika and work by Alexander Cunningham on Ancient Doctrine of Buddhism. Handwritten in French, 3 sides, dated 16 February 1852.

Letter from Jules Mohl to Brian Houghton Hodgson concerning acknowledgement of Hodgson's letter sent from Darjeeling containing the wording for the dedication of Burnouf's book to Hodgson, sent earlier by Burnouf; publication of Burnouf's book on Buddhist literature; request for instructions on how to send to Hodgson a gift copy of Burnouf's book and a copy of Hodgson's own writings on Buddhism which had been borrowed by Burnouf; promise to send them with Richardson; Bunsen's willingness to see Hodgson; hope that they might meet in Paris if he planned to travel back to India via France. Handwritten, 3 sides. Dated 20 September 1853.