Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1840
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes news from India, such as the reaction to the appointment of Mr Powell as Head Master of Madras School and requests for letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone. Also includes the deaths of Mountstuart Elphinstone's siblings, Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleemin...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1841
Scope & Content:
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...