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Certificate of Honorary Membership for the American Oriental Society of New York to Brian Houghton Hodgson and accompanying letter from W.D. Whitney, Corresponding Secretary. Certificate, printed material with handwritten insertions, 3 sides, dated 1 November 1859. Letter, handwritten, 1 side, dated 1 November 1859.

Letter from the Philip Lutley Sclater, Secretary to Zoological Society of London to Brian Houghton Hodgson to announce that Hodgson will be one of those awarded the Silver Medal in recognition of his services to the Society. Handwritten with printed letterhead, 2 sides, dated 31 December 1859.

Letter from Philip Lutley Sclater, Secretary to Zoological Society, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to say that he has forwarded the Medal to Hodgson. He writes about the Indian pheasants which Hodgson enabled to be part of the Gardens. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 18 January 1860.

Letter from Wilhelm Schott to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his gift of Hodgson's 2 volume work on Himalayan languages. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 1 May 1860. With accompanying envelope.

Letter from Wilhelm Schott to Brian Houghton Hodgson concerning Himalayan languages and China studies. Handwritten in German, 3 sides, dated 5 November 1860.

Letter from Professor August Friedrich Pott to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the gift of papers on Himalayan languages and for his annotations of the printed copy. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 17 April 1860.

Letter from Professor August Friedrich Pott to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his letters and books that he sent. He writes about his research and the second volume of his Etymological Researches which has just gone to press. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 16 October 1860.

Letter from Christian Lassen to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he thanks Hodgson for sending his papers on Vayu and Kiranti tribes of the Himalayas and for lending the selections from Hodgson's reports printed by order of the Government of Bengal. They had been directed back to Hodgson at his address in Darjeeling, but by that time Hodgson had already left Darjeeling and the papers were returned again to Lassen's address in Bonn. Lassen expresses his appreciation of Hodgson's contribution to the promotion of knowledge of Buddhism, geography, zoology and ethnology of Tibet and the Central and Eastern Himalaya and also for his more recent work on the languages of sub-Himalayan tribes. Includes Hodgson's title note with receipt and reply dates. With original envelope with postal stamps. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 20 November 1860.

Letter from Albrecht Weber to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he concurs with Hodgson distress at seeing his collection in a corner of the library in Calcutta. He writes that the material he presented to the Institut de France in memory of Eugène Burnouf will be visited by the Russian expert, Dr Anton Schiefner. He relates that Professor Schott has not received a copy of Hodgson's work on Turanian languages. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 24 April 1860.

Letter from Albrecht Weber to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he thanks Hodgson for his kind comments on his essay on the Nakshatra. He is grateful for the chance to study the works that Hodgson has given him. He writes about the politics at Oxford University. The second part of his essay will soon come from the press. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 21 August 1861.