Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include dinner invitations; letters of introduction; requests for recommendation and patronage (for example, from George Norton); James Erskine's debts and financial situation; George Keith Erskine's return to India; and the exchange rate between the East and West (John M...
In Latin. Includes Virgil's three major works - the Bucolics, Gergics and the Aeneid. This book was given to Elphinstone by his mother, Lady Elphinstone in 1794, although it once belonged to his uncle Ruthven. It has been placed in a bag
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives
Scope & Content:
Comprises the private and semi official correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone. This makes up a large part of the collection and has been arranged into four sub-series: juvenile and family correspondence; chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives while in India; chiefly private...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Marathi, and Persian
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Miscellaneous home papers from c 1831; and accounts and bills, 1808-1859
Scope & Content:
Comprises a wide range of home papers, including papers on the Church Commission [Mss Eur F88/404] and Club papers. There is a file of correspondence with John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone on the Indian Mutiny [Mss Eur F88/404]. It also contains accounts and bills of Mountstuart Elphinstone...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Italian, and Latin