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5231. Mss Eur F88/124

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/124
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1843
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage; letters from Alexander Francis Elphinstone regarding his research into the charter papers in order to find out more about the Balmerino claim (Mss Eur F88/23); Lord Prudhoe beginning work on an Arabic-English dictionary (Mss Eur F88/124/18)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1843-26 Dec 1843
Extent:
1 file 230 folios

5232. Mss Eur F88/127

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/127
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to May 1845
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include concerns over the ill health of Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe (Mss Eur F88/127/2 and Mss Eur F88/127/6) and the death of General Christopher Fagan (Mss Eur F88/127/18); the case of Mohan Lal (Mss Eur F88/127/19 and Mss Eur F88/127/21); the news of Mi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1845-31 May 1845
Extent:
1 file 210 folios

5233. Mss Eur F88/136

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/136
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1848
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include comments on the Second French Revolution and its consequences, for example, Mrs Sarah Austin requests assistance in finding a house as they have been driven out of France. 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:
30 Apr 1847-24 Aug 1848
Extent:
1 file 173 folios

5234. Mss Eur F88/138

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/138
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1849
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include news from Colonel John Low on how Lord Gough, Commander in Chief in India, is facing up to the enemies at Ramnagar (Mss Eur F88/138/1); Lord Elphinstone's comments on education in India (Mss Eur F88/138/3); Hay M Erskine's letters containing the news of Keith Ersk...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
04 Dec 1848-29 Mar 1849
Extent:
1 file 148 folios

5235. Mss Eur F88/139

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/139
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1849
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes general news from friends and family, discussing various illnesses and death of relatives (Hay M Erskine had to cancel a visit as he had to go and sort out matters after receiving the news of the death of his cousin, Maria Erskine). Mountstuart Elphinstone had as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Feb 1849-16 Jul 1849
Extent:
1 file 135 folios

5236. Mss Eur F88/140

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/140
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1849
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes requests for recommendation and patronage. Also includes an invitation from His Royal Highness Prince Albert to join the committee for deciding the venue for the 1851 Exhibition and Mountstuart Elphinstone's reply (Mss Eur F88/140/62); concerns over Elphinstone's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
05 Jul 1849-01 Feb 1850
Extent:
1 file 198 folios

5237. Mss Eur F88/154

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/154
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832: India Board
Scope & Content:
Includes letters from the India Board regarding the Commissioners for the Affairs of India's proposal to call Mountstuart Elphinstone as a witness before the East India Committee in the course of inquiries into the state of trade, finance, military, political, general, revenue and judicial affair...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
04 Feb 1832-02 Jul 1833
Extent:
1 file 95 folios

5238. Mss Eur F88/166

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/166
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1853
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the sudden death of Sir Frederick William Adam (Mss Eur F88/166/57 and Mss Eur F88/166/58); the ongoing work of the House of Commons' Committee enquiry into Indian Affairs (mostly in Lord Elphinstone's letters); and a recommendation by Mrs Maitland Erskine to stay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
06 Dec 1851-22 Apr 1856
Extent:
1 file 152 folios

5239. 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

5240. Mss Eur F88/169

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/169
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to September 1854
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes the latest Indian news in letters from William Patrick Adam and Lord Elphinstone. 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:
07 Dec 1853-08 Oct 1854
Extent:
1 file 216 folios