Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1840
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Topics of correspondence includes requests for recommendation, patronage and benevolence; the news of Miss Elizabeth Mackenzie Elphinstone's illness; the proceedings against Dr Wilson in Bombay and the baptism of two Parsee youths (Mss Eur F88/114/4); and Thorl Gudin Repp's remarks on the effects...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to August 1840
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Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and financial assistance and the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School. Also includes a letter from Arthur Conolly detailing his part in the Kabul Mission to date (Mss Eur F88/116/33). Two letters, or part thereof, are in Fre...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1841
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Topics of correspondence include condolences for the death of Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister, Mrs Keith Erskine; concerns over the health of James Erskine; establishing native hospitals (Mss Eur F88/120/33); and queries prompted by Elphinstone's publication 'The History of India'. Also includes...