Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831
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Topics of correspondence include the proposed establishment of an Association for the Encouragement of Literature (Mss Eur F88/81/11); invitations to dine; requests for recommendation and patronage; and general news about friends and family. One letter, Mss Eur F88/81/12, is in Italian
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include invitations to dine/ visit and requests for recommendations; the debts and situation of Mountstuart Elphinstone's nephew, who does not wish to return to India (see William Elphinstone's letters, for example, Mss Eur F88/84/33); and churches and antiquary in Italy ...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1836
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Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage, recommendation and financial aid; requests for letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone; and comments on Mountstuart Elphinstone's work for the Church Commission. Also includes a letter from Coutts & Co warning Elphinstone of a bank ...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830
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Topics of correspondence include general news from friends and family, for example, the illness of Mrs Keith Erskine (Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister) is mentioned in the letters from David Erskine; Mountstuart Elphinstone's evidence for the committee on the states of affairs of the East India C...