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...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1829
Scope & Content:
Comprises several letters congratulating Elphinstone on his safe return to England. Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage and dinner invitations. Mss Eur F88/74/13 is a request from Mr Jopp asking for assistance in recovering the money from the Naroba Ortia ca...