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Letter from Thomas Manning to William Manning from Calcutta. He writes of his frustrated attempt to get to Pekin whilst in Canton giving some of the reasons why it could not be accomplished. The suggestion has been made that it tries to go via Tibet and letters have been sent for him and he has other private letters with him. He had a good passage though was without convoy and therefore fearful of being taken in the Bay of Bengal. He has numerous dinner invitations including to Sir William Burroughs. He dined the previous evening with Mr Palmar, the Banker. "Turban on his head, beard over a foot long. all eyes staring at me". He has rented a spacious house on the circular road and justifies it by claiming it is necessary so he stays healthy and can study. There are some missionaries in Calcutta who claim to know something of the Chinese language but they have it wrong which he has tried to explain so that their translations of Confucius are map of mistakes. He is waiting to sail for Madras. Handwritten, 4 sides. Dated 28th April, 1810

Letter from Thomas Manning to William Manning from Rajpur. He is hoping to enter Tibet as a trader and has sent for goods from Calcutta. He is living with an Indian family and describes the earth floor and bamboo mat walls. He is pursuing trains of thought on language study but is yet unable to prove his pretensions. He writes his thoughts about language, man's deeds and religion. Handwritten, 2 sides. Dated 20 December 1810

There are 4 letters:

• Letter from Susanna to Thomas, dated 1806
• Letter from Thomas Manning to his brother, William Manning, dated 1808
• Letter from Thomas to Susanna, dated 1809
• Letter from Thomas to his brother, Edward, dated 1818

Also included are labels relating to the letters made by Manning family members

Letter from Susan (Susanna) Manning to Thomas Manning. She will send the parcel he has requested to White Horse Fetter lane. She is sorry that he has suffered from the impediments. Her brother William is staying and they all join in prayers for health and safety. Handwritten, 1 piece, 1 side. Dated 15th April 1806

Letter from Thomas Manning to his brother, William Manning. He writes to introduce Mr Berry who will bring the letter and with whom Thomas enjoyed hospitality in Canton. Mr Berry will be able to tell William whether Thomas is off to Cochinchina. Handwritten, 1 side. Dated 23 February 1808

Letter from Thomas Manning to his sister, [Susanna] from Canton. He writes of receiving letters from other family members and the length of time they have taken to reach him. He writes of his aborted plans to go to Cochinchina. He is pleased with his progress in Chinese having a Chinese scholar to teach him. He hopes when he returns to England to inspire some young men to return to China to complete what he has started. The king of Siam has arrived in Canton and he hopes to dine with him and see if he can join his retinue. He writes about the Spanish conflict and says he has written some songs which when sung at table were prodigiously applauded. Handwritten, 3 sides. Dated 29 September 1809 See TM/9/8/12 for one ballad

Letter from Thomas Manning to his brother, Edward Manning from Redbourn, [Hertfordshire]. He writes asking Edward to imagine the house in which he is staying with Mr Lau and describes the house, garden, Mr B with his broad Northamptonshire dialect. Handwritten, 2 sides. dated 13 October 1818

These are notes in a later hand when a family member must have intended to organise the correspondence.

Note "Family Letters of T.M. from Switzerland". On reverse is address "Thomas Manning Esq., at Mr Charles Lloyd, Penrith" and from "Mr Robinson" Note "Family Letters of T M from Cambridge &c". Note "Family Letters of T M from France" Note "Family Letters of T M while in the East

All handwritten, single piece

This series contains correspondence between Thomas Manning and his early friends, some of which were lifelong friendships. There are 12 letters from Robert Lloyd (brother of Charles Lloyd, poet); nine copies of letters from Thomas Manning to Charles Lamb, plus two copies of notes and a copy of a letter from Charles Lamb with a further original draft letter from Manning to Lamb

There are 8 letters between Manning and George Leman Tuthill with further later correspondence between Manning and Tuthill's daughter, Laura. There are also 4 letters from W. Baines to Thomas Manning.

There are 12 letters from Robert Lloyd to Manning, mostly about their friendship, time spent together, Lloyd's illness and the lack of Manning's letters.