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271. Mss Eur F88/153

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/153
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1820-1853: Indian [Persian and Marathi] letters
Scope & Content:
Includes a translation of letter from Syyad Irrutoolah of Delhi, 1820; Captain Graham's Persian poem, 1821; a prospect and specimen of the first volume of the epic George Nameh by Moollah Fyrooz bin Caoos, June 1836; letter from Tatia and Dada Maharaji, 1838; letter from the Iman of Muscat; lette...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1820-1853
Extent:
1 file

272. Mss Eur F88/167

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/167
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1853
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include Lord Elphinstone's appointment as Governor of Bombay and requests for patronage or recommendation to him (for example Mss Eur F88/167/16). Also includes the news of the death of Sir Charles Adam (for example Mss Eur F88/167/17) and Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke's a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
01 Feb [1853]-01 Jan 1854
Extent:
1 file 266 folios

273. Mss Eur F88/167/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/167/1
Title:
Letter from Syed [Aldoollah] at 115 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
01 Feb [1853]
Extent:
Folios 2-6

274. Mss Eur F88/201

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/201
Title:
Private Letters from Captain Henry Dundas Robertson. Volume I
Scope & Content:
Written to Mountstuart Elphinstone partly during his Residency at Poona and his Commissionership of the Deccan. Also includes a copy letter from Francis Warden to Captain Robertson (folios 10-12) and folios in Persian script (folios 27-29 and 54 - items in Persian are awaiting further investigati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1817-1818
Extent:
1 volume 231 folios

275. Mss Eur F88/263

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/263
Title:
Miscellaneous Private Letters to Mountstuart Elphinstone. No. 10
Scope & Content:
With index. Written to Mountstuart Elphinstone during his Governorship of Bombay. Includes letters and enclosures from: Francis Whitworth Russell; Lieutenant Colonel William D Cleiland; Dr Andrew Jukes; James Williams; Captain George Forster Sadler; Colonel Andrew Aitchison; John Jefferys; Christ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
Dec 1820-Jul 1821
Extent:
1 volume 243 folios

276. Mss Eur F88/302

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/302
Title:
Private Letters to Mountstuart Elphinstone from General Thomas Munro
Scope & Content:
With index. Written to Mountstuart Elphinstone during his Commissionership of the Deccan and his Governorship of Bombay. Folios 26 and 96 are in Persian script (items in Persian are awaiting further investigation to determine their exact language)
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1817-1827
Extent:
1 volume 190 folios

277. Mss Eur F88/343

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/343
Title:
Newspapers and other reviews on Mountstuart Elphinstone's publication, 'The History of India'
Scope & Content:
Includes reviews from: The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, etc.; The Examiner; The Athenaeum, Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts; The Spectator; The Times; The Monthly Review; and a document in Persian script (folios 123-155 -...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1841
Extent:
1 file 155 folios

278. Mss Eur F88/414

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/414
Title:
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Includes notes by Mountstuart Elphinstone on various subjects: Puttun; North East frontier at Guzerat [Gujarat]; the route from [Palmpoor] to [Aboo]; instructions to Mr Marriott on his survey, etc. Folios 65-66 are in Persian script (items in Persian are awaiting investigation to determine their ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 file 149 folios

279. Mss Eur F88/427

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/427
Title:
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding the Commissariat; distribution of the forces; plan for reducing the auxiliary horses; notes on conversations with veils; drafts and letters to Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and Sir Thomas Hislop with enclosures, and other papers about the war with the Peishwa
Scope & Content:
Includes items such as distribution returns on native and European troops, probable estimates on the political, civil and military expenses in the Deccan, lists of forts given up by the late Peishwa, and a statement of the commissariat with the Poona Force (commanded by General Lionel Smith). (It...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
1817-1818
Extent:
1 file 131 folios

280. Mss Eur F88 Series 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88 Series 2
Title:
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives
Scope & Content:
Comprises the private and semi official correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone. This makes up a large part of the collection and has been arranged into four sub-series: juvenile and family correspondence; chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives while in India; chiefly private...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:
1776-1859
Extent:
141 files

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