Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1842
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Topics of correspondence includes general news from friends and family, such as the state of James Erskine's health and Mountstuart Elphinstone's trip to Rome. However, the main focus of the correspondence of the failed mission to Kabul and the retreat to Jalalabad (a detailed account is provided...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1847
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Topics of correspondence include concerns over Mountstuart Elphinstone's health; Lord Elphinstone's appointment as Lord-in-Waiting; General Monteith's return to India (Madras) and general comments and discussion of the monetary crisis and Peel's government. Also includes several letters from John...
Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at London, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing a letter from L Henry at Wrest Park, Silsoe, Beds
Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at the Clarendon Hotel, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing a letter from L Henry at Silsoe
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1849
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Topics of correspondence includes general news from friends and family, discussing various illnesses and death of relatives (Hay M Erskine had to cancel a visit as he had to go and sort out matters after receiving the news of the death of his cousin, Maria Erskine). Mountstuart Elphinstone had as...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1840: applications for money
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With letters containing applications for money from: the Friendly Loan Society with enclosures; Edward Mainwaring; Thomas Say; and Le Marquis Duria. One letter is in French. Some letters have brief annotations made by Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding his response
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1842: applications for money
Scope & Content:
With letters containing applications for money from: Mr Darwin; Thomas Say; Louisa Addison; Anna Foster (on behalf of Catharine Gautier); James Graham; Mrs Jemima Lucy Harrison; Mrs Mary Egan; Captain E Blaquiere; Ronald Young; Lieutenant Constantine Wentworth S Smyth Stuart; and Countess Bentolo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
04 Dec 1841-27 Dec 1842
Extent:
1 file (33 letters) 70 folios
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