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List of Books and Manuscripts, bequest of General Thomas Gordon. The list itself bears no donor information but the Donations Register records this donation as being presented to the Society on 5 November 1841 and in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1843, p.xxix-xxxi, the list of books and manuscripts are detailed. This list is handwritten, 2 pieces, 4 sides.

Eleven letters pertaining to donations to the Society within this time period.

Letter from William Colebrooke to Graves Chamney Haughton regarding donation of Malay and Arabic manuscripts given to him by Sultan of Palumbang, Sumatra, and also to donate some ""Cingalese Images". Dated 18 January, 1832, handwritten, 3 sides.

Letter from William Daniell to the Royal Asiatic Society to accompany a drawing of Ceylon which he had copied from an original of his brother's, Samuel Daniell (1775-1811). Letter dated January 20th, 1833. Handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides. William and his uncle, Thomas Daniell, were commissioned to create the designs for the Society's seals, signet and medal.

Letter from William Newnham to the Secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society, London, accompanying a gift of a wooden model of "the Tomb in the Tower of Silence lately erected on the Island of Bombay", and the accompanying drawing and explanation of the ceremonies attending its erection and the reception of the Dead. The gift will be brought to the Society by his brother, Thomas Newnham. Dated 18th April 1833, handwritten, signature in a different hand to the letter, 1 piece, 4 sides.

Letter from John Forbes Royle to Graves C. Haughton, Secretary to the RAS. Royle writes to donate a pair of pistols manufactured in "Cashmere", a Hatchet, a dagger and a human thigh bone. Dated 27 April, 1833, handwritten, 1 piece, 2 sides.

Letter from General Benjamin Forbes Gordon to Captain Henry Harkness, Royal Asiatic Society Secretary, concerning the donation, from his daughter, Maria Forbes, of two drawings by a Maltese artist, one of a Phoenician temple ruin on Island of Gozo; the second a copy of one of Newnham's Antiquities of Ireland. Dated Malta 11th April, 1834, 1 piece, 4 sides.

Letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to Sir Alexander Johnston, Vice-President of Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the presentation of Buddhist works to the Society. Letter headed Nepal and dated December 16th, 1835, handwritten, 1 piece, 4 sides.

Letter to the Royal Asiatic Society to deposit the "original Credentials to the Emperor of Japan and the King of Cochinchina; and which are authenticated under the Great Seal of Englan , and the sign manual of King George the Third". These credentials should have been given to the respective officials on the Macartney Embassy in which Sir George Leonard Staunton was involved. The letter is incomplete and sent by a son (presumably Sir George Staunton), dated January 18th 1836. Handwritten, 1 piece 2 sides. Donation is recorded in the Donations Register under 6th February,1836.

Letter from Thomas Weeding (East India Company Agent and Independent Merchant) to Captain Harkness, Secretary to Royal Asiatic Society, concerning the gift of the "Grand Chop" or clearance document for the Sarah, the first ship to arrive in England directly from China after the East India Company relinquished its commercial character. She had a cargo of raw silk exceeding a value of £400,000. Letter accompanied by a short translation. Dated 24th May, 1836. Handwritten, 2 pieces, 3 sides.