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4881. Mss Eur F88/137

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/137
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1848
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes requests for patronage and recommendation as well as general news from friends and family. Also mentions the news of the death of Charles Buller (Mss Eur F88/137/45). Some of the letters have brief annotations by Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding his response
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1845-30 Dec 1848
Extent:
1 file 166 folios

4882. Mss Eur F88/161

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/161
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1851
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for Mountstuart Elphinstone's support for Dudley Marjoribanks' election to the East India Company (Mss Eur F88/161/1); arranging visits to Hookwood; the death of John Fitzgibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare (Mss Eur F88/161/48); and general news about friends and f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
02 Apr 1851-31 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 file 126 folios

4883. Mss Eur F88/162

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/162
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September 1851 to March 1852
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for character references for people who previously had worked in the service of Mountstuart Elphinstone and now are seeking new positions. Letters from TH Ernst keep Elphinstone up to date with the poor health of Sir Henry Strachey who is quite ill. Lette...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Sep 1851-03 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 file 190 folios

4884. Mss Eur F88/164

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/164
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1852
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include general news about family and friends, including the death of William Malcolm Fleming (Mss Eur F88/164/9). Letters from Lord Elphinstone contain news of the ministerial crisis
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1852-02 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 file 200 folios

4885. Mss Eur F88/165

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/165
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1853
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the commission and debate over the Indian Question in the House of Commons (for example Ms sEur F88/165/51); Lord Elphinstone being offered the post of Lord-in-Waiting (Mss Eur F88/165/2); and the ill health of John Fullerton Elphinstone (Mss Eur F88/165/67). Some...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1852-31 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 file 191 folios

4886. Mss Eur F88/171

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/171
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1855
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the ongoing discussion of the new edition of John William Kaye's' publication between Mountstuart Elphinstone and Kaye; Indian news from William Patrick Adam; Hay M Erskine's travels in India and the distribution of bread to the poor in Elphinstone's parish
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
05 Jan [1855]-30 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 file 162 folios

4887. Mss Eur F88/176

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/176
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1856
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include General John Low's return to India (Mss Eur F88/176/6) and Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke's news of his engagement to Elizabeth Richardson (Mss Eur F88/176/18). Also includes letters from Hay M Erskine telling Mountstuart Elphinstone about William Patrick Adam's bet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1855-27 Dec 1856
Extent:
1 file 136 folios

4888. Mss Eur F88/109/21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/109/21
Title:
Notes and scraps by Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Includes notes on Sir Barry Close, notes written in Naples regarding the translation of Persian verses, notes on the arguments on the unity of Homer, a list of goods and evils and other scrap
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
04 Dec 1823-26 Mar 1832
Extent:
Folios 63-84

4889. Mss Eur F88/70/26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/70/26
Title:
Letter from Sir Frederick William Adam on board a boat to Cifalonia, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1828
Extent:
Folios 68-69

4890. Mss Eur F88/72/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/72/7
Title:
Letter from Robert H Close at Montagu Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan [1829]
Extent:
Folios 13-15