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An incomplete manuscript, [1781], [in the hand of Benjamin Millingchamp] containing an account of a visit to Vellore and Arcot in Madras state, India.
A note in the hand of the donor, 1940, is included (f. i); this states that part of the account was published in East and West (Bombay) (1906).

The Persian version of the collection of animal fables by Maulānā Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī, in fourteen chapters.

Manuscripts of Benjamin Millingchamp, [17 cent.]-1829, including manuscripts of Persian poetry and prose, [17 cent.]-[18 cent.]; translations of Persian works, [?18 cent., last ¼]-[early 19 cent.]; manuscripts in Hindustani and Rekhta, [18 cent., last ¼]; letters and papers, 1778-1829, including Millingchamp's certificate of proficiency in Persian; Indian travel journals, 1781-1782; a diary, 1796; and sermons, [late 18 cent.]-[early 19 cent.]. Also included is the manuscript of Herbert M. Vaughan's biography of Millingchamp, 1940.

A copy of Saʻdī's Būstān, beginning exactly as the copy in NLW MS 4393C.

An almanac for the year 1796 containing a few diary entries in pencil by Benjamin Millingchamp, recording some incidents of his homeward voyage from India.

English translations of the story of Noah (ff. 1-5) and of a fragment of the story of Haidar Ali of Mysore (ff. 20-39, inverted text).

A conversation book, beginning with 'Good Morning' (ff. 2-2 verso-21), also including the letters of the Persian alphabet (f. 1) and an incomplete list of Arabic roots (f. 29 recto-verso).

Fragment of a Hindustani story, beginning and end missing.

A copy of Saʻdī's Gulistān (the Rose Garden) (see also NLW MS 4393C).

A copy of the collected works of Saʻdī of Shiraz (Musharrif ud-Dīn b. Muṣliḥ ud-Dīn; c. 1200-c. 1292) in prose and verse, including Gulistān (ff. 32 verso-97) and Bustān (ff. 97 verso-220).

A volume containing letters and papers, 1778-1829, relating to Benjamin Millingchamp, including family and other correspondence. The documents include his admission to holy orders and other clerical appointments, 1778-1827 (ff. i-vi, 1), correspondence with the Admiralty Office, 1778 (ff. 2-5 verso), and a certificate of his proficiency in Persian, 1796 (f. 113).

Two volumes containing the manuscript, dated 7 April 1940 (f. iv), of the 'Life and Letters of the Ven[era]ble Benjamin Millingchamp, D.D'. by Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan.
The work contains transcripts of part of a journal of Benjamin Millingchamp, family correspondence and other papers (many of which are now in NLW MSS 13933-5), as well as biographical notes supplied by the author. Parts of this work were previously published in the author's articles 'A naval chaplain of the eighteenth century', United Service Magazine (January 1903), 348-376, and 'An Indian chaplain of the eighteenth century', East and West (Bombay) (1901), 289-298.

Miscellanea, including translations from Oriental texts, English-Chinese, English-Persian and English-Arabic vocabularies, notes on French grammar, forms of prayers, etc.

A volume containing copies of various works of prose and poetry [?in the hand of Benjamin Millingchamp].

A volume containing copies of various works of prose and poetry.

A volume containing copies of various works of prose and poetry in various hands.

A volume, in the hand of Benjamin Millingchamp, containing various texts, including 'An Essay on Picturesque Sketching'; 'A Hymn to Camdeo' and 'A Hymn to Narayena' by Sir William Jones; 'The Exile', a poem; an essay on 'Predestination'; an essay on the history of India; essays and extracts relating to religion, theology, and astronomy; sermons, etc.

Miscellaneous poetry, including mathnawi verses and three ghazals (ff. 1 verso-3), and the stories of Adam, Abraham and Jacob taken from a Persian version of the history of the ancient prophets (ff. 3 verso-17 verso).

A collection of historical anecdotes and curious narratives of celebrated men by Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ghaffārī, written in several hands.

The Pand-ṇāmah, or Book of Counsels, a much disputed didactic poem ascribed to Saʻdī, which is however not found in the usual copies of the Kullīyāt.