Correspondence addressed to Annie Besant (1847-1933), theosophist, educationist, and Indian politician, from the Russian revolutionary Sergei Stepniak (undated), and three prominent socialists: H M Hyndman, Lord Haldane, and George Lansbury.
Letter, dated 26 Nov 1859, Friedrich Max Muller (1823-1900), oriental scholar, Corpus Professor of Comparative Philology, Oxford University 1868-1900, to an unnamed correspondent saying that Wilson's Sanskrit Grammar is the best for beginners.
Letters from Sir Charles Edward Trevelyn, 1st Bart (1807-86), relating to the Highland Emigration Society (1852-53, 1858), and miscellaneous matters;also two miscellaneous letters from Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Bart (1838-1928), historian.
Letter, dated 27 Jun 1866, with carte-de-visite photograph, from J MadainRow, Indian scholar, to Col H Drury thanking him for his congratulations on being admitted to the Order of the Star of india, and referring to his career in Travancore, where he was 'tutor to the young Princes'.
Letter, dated 19 Oct 1856, with carte-de-visite photograph, from Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough (1790-1871), Governor-General of India 1842-44, to J C Head, inviting him and his wife to dinner, but warning him that there had been whooping cough in the house.
A cheque, dated 30 Aug 1791, for £700, drawn by Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor of Bengal 1772-74 and Governor-General 1774-85, in favour of William Walford.
Humourous note, perhaps a piece of after-dinner nonsense, dated midnight 8 Jun 1889, entitled 'The Task, a tragedy in three acts', by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900), Bengal Civil Service 1861-87, with a pen and ink sketch.
Letter from Herman Merivale (1806-74), Permanent Under Secretary of State for India 1860-74, to Heber Drury saying that he could not meddle with staff appointments in India, with carte-de-visite photograph.