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Letter from Wing-tsit Chan to Angus Graham to inform Graham that he had been through Graham's paper and sends textual edits and notes. The letter is annotated by Graham.

Letter from Willie to Patricia expresses a deepest sympathy to Patricia about Stuarts's death. The letter has a Buckingham Palace letterhead.

Letter from William Taylor, University of London, to Angus Graham to inform Graham that the title of Emeritus Professor of Classical Chinese had been conferred on him in recognition and appreciation of Graham's services to the University.

Letter from William S-Y Wang, Editor, Journal of Chinese Linguistics, to Angus Graham to send him a copy of Conal Boyce's article, Min sandhi in verse recitation and to ask Graham to contribute to a future Journal on the theme of linguistic analysis in Chinese poetry.

Letter from William Stephen Atkinson, Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, to Brian Houghton Hodgson to inform Hodgson that he had been elected an Honorary Member of the Society. He includes an extract from the report at his proposal. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 4 August 1858.

Letter from William Soulsby, Private Secretary to the Lord Mayor of London, to Lord Chalmers, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that the Lord Mayor would be happy to give a reception for the Centenary of the Royal Asiatic Society on 18 July. There are further pencil notes on the paper with a draft of the reply to the Lord Mayor.
This letter is loose in the scrapbook.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Yumjao Singh to enquire the whereabouts of the manuscript of the proposed monograph after Gimson's departure from his office and Manipur. He further writes about the difference of early Manipuri words shown in Hodson's translation of 'Numit Kappa' and Yumjao's copy of 'Naothingkhong Kaba' and asks for Yumjao's thoughts on this. Typed, dated 25 May 1938.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Yumjao Singh to offer consolation to his loss. He further writes about the arrangement of the book contents for publication in three volumes, and the Manipuri manuscript forwarded by the India Office which they are studying. Typed, dated 18 May 1937.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Mrs M. Davis, RAS Assistant Secretary, enclosing his report on the monograph and a letter to Gimson. In his report he raises some objections regarding the content and concluded that the chapter on Grammar is more or less an adaptation of his own published work. In the letter to Gimson he writes of his disappointment over the Society's decision to not publish the work, and hopes that publication can be arranged by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Typed, dated 31 January 1941.

Letter from William Pettigrew to Rev. A. J. Tuttle, describing the material he left in a bungalow at Kangpokpi, including two archaic Manipuri scripts and their translations. He asks that the material, if found, be sent to Mr Gimson. The letter is incomplete. Typed, dated 2 July 1935.