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Two copies of a letter from Robert D. Murphy to unnamed recipients concerning Dennis J. Duncanson's book 'Government and Revolution.' The letter contains a single comment with permission to be used: "…a scholarly and fascinating presentation of an elusive subject matter...an intensely instructive and gripping narrative. It is hard to lay this book down."

Letter from Robert Cust to Brian Houghton Hodgson to send a handwritten copy of a paper published by the Conte Angelo de Gubernatis on Hodgson. Cust hopes that Hodgson would be able to understand this delightful paper. Handwritten, 1 side, dated 19 June 1883. Accompanying article, handwritten in Italian, 1 side, dated 10 June 1883.

Letter from Robert Caldwell to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for his articles on the Himalayan languages though he has not yet had leisure to study them as they deserve. Hodgson's note puts Caldwell as the author of the Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian languages and Honorary Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 8 December 1862. With accompanying envelope on which Hodgson notes that Caldwell thinks the analyses were good.

Letterfrom Robert Bly to Angus Graham concerning his poem, The Sun Beneath the Coral, which Bly had read in the papers.

Letter from R.J. Cunningham to send a contribution of £1 to the fund.

Letter from Richard Wood to Captain Thomas John Newbold, sent from Damascus, in which he writes that he is gratified to hear that Newbold is safely housed with the monks in Jerusalem, as the extreme weather after Newbold's departure had given him much concern. He writes of Newbold's exploration of Southern Syria. Wood regrets his failure to trace a parcel which Newbold had sent.

Letter from Richard Winstedt, President of Royal Asiatic Society, to The Editor, The Times, to ask for an announcement of the award of the Burton Memorial Medal to be placed in the newspaper.

Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales congratulating him on receipt of a grant and hoping for success in his excavations, suggesting Kedah might be the most likely place. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 6 June 1937.

Letter from Richard Olaf Winstedt to Quaritch Wales, concerning the possibilities of excavation in the Perak area. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 30 March1936.

Letter from Richard Winstedt to Quaritch Wales concerning Quaritch Wales' excavation at Kedah. Handwritten letter, 2 sides, dated 24 February 1938.