Correspondence of Robinson and George Canning (1770-1828; President of the Board of Control 1816-21) with various individuals about solicitations for writerships and cadetships in the East India Company's service.
Copies of letters from George Canning about elections to directorships of the East India Company, and of his letter of farewell to the directors of the Company.
Copies of correspondence about Benjamin Babington (1794-1886), Madras Civil Service 1811-22, referred to as "the best Tamil scholar on this establishment", mainly related to his application for sick-leave.
Letters from Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Governor-General of India 1813-23, to Robinson and his predecessor Campbell Marjoribanks as chairmen of the East India Company. Also copies of Hastings's testimonial for Sir John Gordon (1779-1835), founder of Gordon's Ho...
Copies of correspondence between Hastings and Canning about allegations of financial corruption in Hastings's dealings with the Nizam of Hyderabad, and of Canning to Lord Liverpool about Hastings's resignation.
Letter from James Shuter, M.D. (d.?1827), Government naturalist at Madras and Robinson's protege, describing conditions of his job and the country and plantations near Bangalore.
Letters from Lt. William Nairn Forbes (1796-1855), Bengal Engineers 1815-55 and later Master of the Calcutta Mint, and from Captain John Hawkins (d.1831), Bombay Engineers 1798-1831, with copies of related correspondence, about the establishment of Mints at Bombay and Calcutta.
Copies of correspondence about James Hare (d. 1831), Bengal Medical Service 1801-27, nephew of Dr. James Hare, mainly about Hare's eligibility for a certificate of service after taking sick-leave.