Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone's membership of the Travellers Club; requests for introductions, recommendation and patronage; a monument erected for James Ruthven Elphinstone in St Helena; correspondence about a proposed heritable security loan Elphinstone was going to l...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include invitations to dine and requests for recommendation and patronage; Mountstuart Elphinstone being elected a member of the Dilettanti Society (Mss Eur F88/80/5); James Ruthven Elphinstone's preserved stomach being transported back to England (Mss Eur F88/80/26); and...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include general news from friends and family, invitations to dine/visit and requests for Mountstuart Elphinstone's recommendation, patronage and benevolence. Also includes a letter from Charles Lushington (Mss Eur F88/83/7) which contains a brief account of the death of S...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1833
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation, patronage and financial aid, and invitations to dine/ visit. Also includes news of the death of Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister, Miss Anne Elphinstone; John Briggs' resignation from the Board of Commissioners in Mysore; Mrs Julia Stra...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage. Also includes comments on Lord Robert Clive's memoirs (see letters from William Erskine); the case of John Pollard Willoughby and Colonel Ballantine, who was found guilty of gross neglect of duty and dishonour (Mss Eur F8...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[Dec] 1830-13 Mar 1836
Extent:
1 file 155 folios
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