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1. Mss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 3
Title:
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives at home
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Hindi, Italian, Latin, and Persian
Date Range:
Nov 1827-1859
Extent:
102 files

2. Mss Eur F88/70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/70
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1828
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone's travels; news from friends in India (including comments on his successor, Sir John Malcolm); his sister Mrs Keith Erskine's recovery from the death of Charles Erskine (the death of James Ruthven Elphinstone, is also mentioned); Elphinston...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
09 Mar 1828-26 Dec 1828
Extent:
1 file 113 folios

3. Mss Eur F88/79

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/79
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone's membership of the Travellers Club; requests for introductions, recommendation and patronage; a monument erected for James Ruthven Elphinstone in St Helena; correspondence about a proposed heritable security loan Elphinstone was going to l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
08 Jan 1831-10 Jun 1834
Extent:
1 file 97 folios

4. Mss Eur F88/80

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/80
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include invitations to dine and requests for recommendation and patronage; Mountstuart Elphinstone being elected a member of the Dilettanti Society (Mss Eur F88/80/5); James Ruthven Elphinstone's preserved stomach being transported back to England (Mss Eur F88/80/26); and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
07 Feb 1831-18 May 1832
Extent:
1 file 110 folios

5. Mss Eur F88/87

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/87
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1833
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation, patronage and financial aid, and invitations to dine/ visit. Also includes news of the death of Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister, Miss Anne Elphinstone; John Briggs' resignation from the Board of Commissioners in Mysore; Mrs Julia Stra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16 Aug 1831-29 Nov 1833
Extent:
1 file 151 folios

6. Mss Eur F88/96

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/96
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage. Also includes comments on Lord Robert Clive's memoirs (see letters from William Erskine); the case of John Pollard Willoughby and Colonel Ballantine, who was found guilty of gross neglect of duty and dishonour (Mss Eur F8...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[Dec] 1830-13 Mar 1836
Extent:
1 file 155 folios

7. Mss Eur F88/104

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/104
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1838
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the Elphinstone College in Bombay who have appealed to the Governor to approve of the resolution passed by them (Mss Eur F88/104/3); the navigation of the Ganges by steam ships (Mss Eur F88/104/9); comments on how the want of excitement in India is negatively affe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1836-20 Dec 1838
Extent:
1 file 124 folios

8. Mss Eur F88/110

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/110
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include Sir Lionel Smith's transfer as Governor of Mauritius (Mss Eur F88/110/16); Dr Philips' treatment of Elphinstone's illness by hot water bottles and mercurial tablets (Mss Eur F88/110/23); invitations to weddings; requests for letters of introduction to Lord Elphins...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
04 Jan 1839-02 Jan 1840
Extent:
1 file 122 folios

9. Mss Eur F88/113

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/113
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests and thanks for recommendations and benevolence. Also includes an application made to Parliament to improve the turnpike roads in west Stirlingshire; engaging a house in Kent for Miss Elphinstone; and donating books/publications to the Royal Geographical S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
03 Jan 1839-26 Dec 1840
Extent:
1 file 158 folios

10. Mss Eur F88/78

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/78
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include letters from the Bombay Native Education Society requesting Mountstuart Elphinstone's support in establishing three professorships (Mss Eur F88/78/14 - Mss Eur F88/78/17); a request from John Fitzgibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare, to be added to the list of subscribers fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
01 Dec 1827-05 Dec 1830
Extent:
1 file 135 folios.

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