Documents of Marathi history dating to the eighteenth and nineteenth century presented to the Royal Asiatic Society by Sir Alexander Malet in 1828 and by General John Briggs in 1874. The papers donated by Briggs are predominantly correspondence from the Peshwa Court at the time of Nana Fadnavis and were given by Nana Fadnavis' widow to Briggs in 1825. Those from Malet were collected by his father, Sir Charles Warre Malet, during his political career in India and are predominantly handwritten accounts of Marathi history.

Each of the documents also has a description provided by Simon Digby when Honorary Librarian at the Royal Asiatic Society from 1970. The documents written in Marathi are in modi script.

'The Historical Account of the Expedition of Sudasew Chimnajie commonly called Bhou or Sudoban to the North India or Hindostan And of his total Defeat of Death in the great Battle of Panniput'. This document relates the expedition of Sadashiv Chimanji Bhausaheb to Panipat in 1761. According to Kulkarni, this version of the bakhar or report was first written between July and December 1761 by Raghunath Yadev Chitragupt for his master the Prime Minister of Kolhapur state. The bakhar ends with the award of the robes of the Peshwa's office to Madhav Rao in 20 July 1761. It describes the battle of Panipat including those who died and were taken prisoner. It is believed to be the earliest version of this bakhar. The band has Arabic script containing the date November 1788.
The plan of Aurangabad is in colour with place names in Marathi and Arabic script, measuring 84 x 64 cm.

"History of Ghazi al Deen Khan written by his Friend & Confidant Noor al Deen Hussun Khan". Document relating the life of Ghazi al-Din Khan by Nur al-Din Hasan Khan, possibly Nur al-din Hussein Khan, vakil (agent) at the Company Residency and assistant to Malet, the Resident.

'Account of the Assassination of Nanzain Rou Peshwa". Document relating the assassination of Narayanrao Bhat (10 August 1755 – 30 August 1773). He was the 10th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy from November 1772 until his assassination in August 1773.

'Epitome of the Rise of the Mahratta Empire' - a history of the Maratha Empire by an unknown author.

A summary in the form of an akhbar of the events of Maratha history from the time of Shahuji I Bhonsle to that of Madhav Rao Peshwa and Jankoji Rao Shinde . The original note titles this 'Account of Sendip'.

Documents of the Maratha Peshwa Court given to John Briggs by the widow of Nana Fadnavis. This includes original correspondence to Madhu Rao and Nana Fadnavis. The letters commence with the public life of Nana Fadnavis in 1761 and end with his fall in power in 1796 and are associated with the reign of Madhu Rao.

Documents of Maratha History from the possession of Sir Charles Warre Malet, part of a larger donation of manuscripts and tracts given by his son to the Oriental Translation Committee for possible translation.

An Autobiographical Memoir of the early life of Nana Fadnavis in his own hand. This relates his life from birth until the accession to the throne of Madhu Rao in 1761 when Nana Fadnavis was 19 years of age.

Letter from "Nana Sahib Peshwa (Balaji Baji Rao) to Duttajee Sindia telling him of the probable defection of Ibrahim Khan and desiring him to pay Ibrahim in that case - [100...] on the spot". Letter in Marathi with description in English in a different hand.