Correspondence to Sir John Hobhouse from Sir Herbert Taylor (Private Secretary to the King) regarding Indian affairs, corporal punishment in native regiments, relations with the King of Oudh, the Shah of Persia and the Nawab of Bengal and the Euphrates expedition.
Correspondence to Lord Auckland (Governor-General) from John McNeil in Tehran and Alexander Burnes in Kabul regarding the capture of Herat by the Persians, Russian intervention in Afghanistan and the political situation in Kabul.
Correspondence to Lord Auckland and William Cabell (Assistant Secretary, Political Department, Board of Control) from Arthur Conolly regarding Russian expansion in Central Asia.
Letters to Sir John Hobhouse from Lord Auckland regarding the campaigns in China and Afghanistan, the political situation in Persia and Punjab, the doctrine of lapse in regard to Gwalior, Indore and Bhopal etc.
Letters to Sir John Hobhouse from F. H. Wherry and C. D. Campbell at Aleppo regarding Campbell's travels up the Euphrates and through Syria and the political situation in Syria.