Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to August 1840
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Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and financial assistance and the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School. Also includes a letter from Arthur Conolly detailing his part in the Kabul Mission to date (Mss Eur F88/116/33). Two letters, or part thereof, are in Fre...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1841
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Topics of correspondence include condolences for the death of Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister, Mrs Keith Erskine; concerns over the health of James Erskine; establishing native hospitals (Mss Eur F88/120/33); and queries prompted by Elphinstone's publication 'The History of India'. Also includes...
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 August to December 1847
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Topics of correspondence include concerns over Mountstuart Elphinstone's health; Lord Elphinstone's appointment as Lord-in-Waiting; General Monteith's return to India (Madras) and general comments and discussion of the monetary crisis and Peel's government. Also includes several letters from John...