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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.

Letter from August Schleicher to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank him for the linguistic and ethnological works which Hodgson had sent. Schleicher is preparing a comparative grammar of the "Indogeman languages". Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 1 July 1860.

Letter from Franz Anton Schiefner to Brian Houghton Hodgson to say that he is researching the material Hodgson donated to the Institut de France in memory of Eugene Burnouf. Handwritten in German, dated 2 August, 1860. Accompanying envelope is on opposing page.

Letter from Joseph Barnard Davis to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his valuable essays on Nepali tribes. Davis has found them most helpful and discusses points concerning them within the letter. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 12 September 1860.

Letter from Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson to thank Hodgson for his insights on the Himalayan class of the Juramian languages. Rost discusses different language groups. He states that he will write to Professor Schiefner soon and will be happy to convey any message from Hodgson. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 26 March 1861.

Letter from Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson in which he discusses Himalayan languages to clarify and expand on some points Hodgson had made in his letter to Rost. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 7 April 1861.

Letter from Reinhold Rost to Brian Houghton Hodgson to express his annoyance at arriving back in Canterbury from Ramsgate to find that he had missed Hodgson's nephew, Baron de Nahugs and Dr Kern. Rost has been engaged in a new edition of a book on the religious sects of the Hindus. He had had the pleasure of meeting Dr Kern in London 4 weeks previously. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 1 September, 1861.

Certificate and Accompanying Letter from the German Oriental Society to Brian Houghton Hodgson to inform Hodgson that he had been made an Honorary Member of the Society. Certificate, printed material in German with handwritten signatures, 1 side, dated 1 August 1862. Letter, handwritten in German with printed letterhead, 1 side, dated 10 September 1862.

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.

Letter from Sir George Clerk to Colonel Burrowes, Formerly Private Secretary to Mountstuart Elphinstone, in which he apologises for the delay in replying to Hodgson's letter, but he has been an invalid. He praises Hodgson's diplomacy and his representation of the Government and regrets the treatment that Hodgson had received. Note in Hodgson's hand tells of the letter being addressed to Burrowes. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 20 June 1863.