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4871. Mss Eur F88/72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/72
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to May 1829
Scope & Content:
Comprises several letters of congratulations to Mountstuart Elphinstone on his return to Europe and England, with invitations to visit. Topics of correspondence also include the state of Elphinstone's finances; news of political affairs at home; the dispute between Sir John Malcolm and the justic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 Oct 1828-24 Dec 1829
Extent:
1 file 142 folios

4872. Mss Eur F88/88

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/88
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: the Bombay Professorships
Scope & Content:
Includes letters on the Elphinstone Professorships from: Robert Cotton Money; J Mill; RW Rothman; John Mackay; Reverend W Cureton; AC Donaldson; Arthur Bedford Orlebar; William Henry Sykes; John Loch; and William Ogillvy. Persons considered for the post include RW Rothman, Arthur Bedford Orlebar,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1831-27 Jun 1834
Extent:
1 file 115 folios

4873. Mss Eur F88/118

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/118
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1841
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage, and general news from friends and family. Also includes letters from William Henderson and people at East India House, regarding his enforced two years' leave of absence due to the state of his mental health. Henderson wr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1841-12 May 1841
Extent:
1 file 135 folios

4874. Mss Eur F88/119

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/119
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1841
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone; condolences for the death of Charles Elphinstone Fleeming; the news of the serious illness of his sister Mrs Keith Erskine; and the education of natives in India in letters from George Je...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1839-31 Jul 1841
Extent:
1 file 195 folios

4875. Mss Eur F88/123

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/123
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1843
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage; the return of John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone and Colonel John Low from India to England (Colonel Low's letter contains an extract obtained from an intelligence officer on the Kabul situation - Mss Eur F88/123/11); and the reputatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1842-29 Nov 1843
Extent:
1 file 195 folios

4876. Mss Eur F88/125

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/125
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1844
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage; the death of James Erskine; and the election of new members of the Athenaeum Club. Also includes letters from Lord Prudhoe, General Galloway and William Butterworth Bayley which mainly deal with Mountstuart Elphinstone's assistance in gaini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Aug 1843-30 Apr 1844
Extent:
1 file 166 folios

4877. Mss Eur F88/126

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/126
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to December 1844
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone finding a suitable place to live; an accusation of indecent behaviour made by a female servant who had left Elphinstone's service, against his manservant (Mss Eur F88/126/31); discussions of ill health and symptons; and requests for recomme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 May 1844-31 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 file 191 folios

4878. Mss Eur F88/128

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/128
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for June to December 1845
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include William Erskine's research on the history of India regarding Babur and queries over if his manuscript is suitable for publication; details of the family papers held at Cumbernauld; requests for letters of introduction and recommendation; and the Peel cabinet and g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 Feb 1845-30 Dec 1845
Extent:
1 file 236 folios

4879. Mss Eur F88/132

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/132
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1847
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include subscriptions for the destitute in the Scottish Highlands and Ireland; the death of Sir Edmund Lomax, owner of Parkhurst; concerns over Mountstuart Elphinstone's ill health which had made him give up London and attending various club and society meetings. Also inc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1846-31 Dec 1847
Extent:
1 file 159 folios

4880. Mss Eur F88/133

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/133
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to July 1847
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage and general news about friends and family, including the death of Richard Strachey (Mss Eur F88/133/21). Also includes reports by Hay M Erskine that Mary Keith Macalister [Keithy] has left her husband to live in Glasgow wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
02 Apr-27 Jul 1847
Extent:
1 file 149 folios