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 of Mountstuart Elphinstone: private and official Indian letters for c 1807 to 1817
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Topics of correspondence include personal business such as applications for work, literacy works on astrology and a certificate of illness (Mss Eur F88/55/29 contains a certificate of illness to support Lieutenant Smith's inability to travel to Poona due to a liver disorder). Letters also focus o...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: private and semi-official Indian correspondence and papers for 1824 to 1827
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Topics of correspondence include James Ruthven Elphinstone's marriage, establishing a school in Tabreez [Tabriz], requests for patronage and a memorial for the services of Richard Jenkins
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: private and semi-official Indian correspondence for May to October 1827
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Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone's departure from India and Sir John Malcolm replacing him as his successor; the death of Sir Thomas Munroe and the Jagire cause; requests and thanks to Elphinstone for his patronage; and general news from friends and family. One letter, Mss...