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21. Mss Eur F88/71

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/71
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1828
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the death of James Ruthven Elphinstone; James Erskine's move from India to China and his debt (which Mountstuart Elphinstone stood security for); and general news from friends and family still in India. Also includes several letters and statements of account from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1828-29 Jul 1833
Extent:
1 file 135 folios

22. Mss Eur F88/77

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/77
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include membership to the New Club, Edinburgh; invitations to visit and dine; requests for recommendation and patronage; a letter from the Office for Taxes; and a request for a character reference for Mr Bove
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1829-06 Dec 1830
Extent:
1 file 78 folios

23. Mss Eur F88/80

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/80
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
07 Feb 1831-18 May 1832
Extent:
1 file 110 folios

24. Mss Eur F88/81

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/81
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the proposed establishment of an Association for the Encouragement of Literature (Mss Eur F88/81/11); invitations to dine; requests for recommendation and patronage; and general news about friends and family. One letter, Mss Eur F88/81/12, is in Italian
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17 Nov 1829-23 Aug 1832
Extent:
1 file 90 folios

25. Mss Eur F88/84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/84
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include invitations to dine/ visit and requests for recommendations; the debts and situation of Mountstuart Elphinstone's nephew, who does not wish to return to India (see William Elphinstone's letters, for example, Mss Eur F88/84/33); and churches and antiquary in Italy ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
24 Feb 1831-29 May 1833
Extent:
1 file 126 folios

26. Mss Eur F88/87

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/87
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Aug 1831-29 Nov 1833
Extent:
1 file 151 folios

27. Mss Eur F88/96

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/96
Title:
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

28. Mss Eur F88/99

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/99
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1836
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage, recommendation and financial aid; requests for letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone; and comments on Mountstuart Elphinstone's work for the Church Commission. Also includes a letter from Coutts & Co warning Elphinstone of a bank ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
23 Dec 1835-19 Nov 1836
Extent:
1 file 97 folios

29. Mss Eur F88/102

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/102
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1837
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include general news from friends and family. Hay M Erskine's letters describe his time in Paris; William Erskine attempts again to persuade Mountstuart Elphinstone to write a history of India; Sir James Carnac asks if he can use Elphinstone's name to obtain subscriptions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1836-26 Dec 1837
Extent:
1 file 135 folios

30. Mss Eur F88/103

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/103
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1838
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the suggestion of publishing a new edition of Mountstuart Elphinstone's 'Account of Kabul' (which Elphinstone agrees to) and the situation of the former Raja of Satara who was accused of treasonable behaviour towards the British Government. Colonel Lodwick and oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Aug 1837-27 Dec 1838
Extent:
1 file 180 folios