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 July to December 1842
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Topics of correspondence include the conclusion of the William Henderson affair, general news about friends and family, and their concerns for Mountstuart Elphinstone's health. Includes a letter from Lord Elphinstone with news of the Kabul mission and Sir William Hay Macnaugten's murder, complete...
Correspondence and papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1833-1834: erecting a monument to Sir John Malcolm
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Comprises letters and papers regarding erecting a monument to Sir John Malcolm from: James Ruthven Elphinstone; Charles William Pasley; Lady Amelia Macdonald; Richard Jenkins; Miss A Elphinstone; JW Lubbock. There are also drafts answers and memorandums by Mountstuart Elphinstone and subscription...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: voting for John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at the Peers Election
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With letters from: Lord Stair [North Hamilton Dalrymple, 9th Earl of Stair]; Lord Belhaven [Sir Robert Montgomery Hamilton of Wishaw, 8th Lord Belhaven and Stenton]; Lord Blantyre [Charles Stuart, 12th Lord Blantyre]; Lord Haddington [Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington]; Lord Roseberry [John...
Correspondence Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1851
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Topics of correspondence include comments on the state of the French government in letters by General William Monteith (Mss Eur F88/160/17 and Mss Eur F88/160/22) and the crisis within the British government and the attempts to resolve it in letters by Lord Elphinstone (Mss Eur F88/160/27-29, Mss...