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Copy of a Letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to the Editor of the Geographical Magazine in which he writes about seeing the topic of trans-Himalayan commerce in the current issue of the magazine and then continues to air his opinion. Handwritten, 3 pieces, 9 sides, dated 16 May 1877.

Letter from Thomas Aubrecht to Brian Houghton Hodgson to say that Messrs. Trubner had sent him a copy of Hodgson's Miscellaneous Essays. He thanks Hodgson for the gift and praises his perseverance and sagaciousness. Handwritten, 2 sides, dated 20 February 1880.

Letter from Arthur Grote to Brian Houghton Hodgson to send Hodgson the Papers of the the Rajinder which show both sides of the controversy. He will also send by book post the 2 volumes of the Indian Antiquary which contain reviews of the "Buddha Gaya". On reverse of letter Hodgson has written notes concerning Rajendra. Handwritten, 4 sides, dated 23 June [1880].

Three Letters from Thomas [ ] to Brian Houghton Hodgson concerning the identification of plant species. One has annotations by Hodgson. Handwritten, 2 sides, 3 sides, 1 side, all undated.

Copy of an Extract of a letter to the Librarian of the India Office concerning Hodgson's gift of Buddhist Literature collected from Nepal and Tibet and literary remains of early Christian establishments in Tibet to the Library. Stated published in Phoenix Vol. 1, p.56. Handwritten, 3 sides, undated.

Letter to "My Dear Sir" in which the writer stresses that the alterations to a paragraph are very important and that he wishes the paper to be seen by the Duke of Argyll. Possibly a draft letter of Hodgson's considering the content and the spelling Argyle but not in his hand. Handwritten, 3 sides, dated 3 April [1873].

Three envelopes to Brian Houghton Hodgson. Do not seem to accompany any of the letters. All addressed to him at Darjeeling.

Letter from Lady Caledon to Annie Hodgson concerning a photograph that Annie had sent and concerning a memorial to Lady Canning to be put in the church at Darjeeling. She also mentions Dr Dicken's death. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 6 sides, dated 3 July [1862] (Lady Canning died November 1861)

Hodgson was very interested in the different tribes and languages of the Himalayan region. This set of manuscripts shows some of the research he undertook and the vocabularies that he compiled.

A set of six manuscripts. Most of these are concerned with Hodgson's comparison of vocabularies in the Himalayan region. There are also notes concerning English-German vocabulary.