Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1842
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Topics of correspondence includes general news from friends and family, such as the state of James Erskine's health and Mountstuart Elphinstone's trip to Rome. However, the main focus of the correspondence of the failed mission to Kabul and the retreat to Jalalabad (a detailed account is provided...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1842
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Topics of correspondence include the conclusion of the William Henderson affair, general news about friends and family, and their concerns for Mountstuart Elphinstone's health. Includes a letter from Lord Elphinstone with news of the Kabul mission and Sir William Hay Macnaugten's murder, complete...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1820-1853: Indian [Persian and Marathi] letters
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Includes a translation of letter from Syyad Irrutoolah of Delhi, 1820; Captain Graham's Persian poem, 1821; a prospect and specimen of the first volume of the epic George Nameh by Moollah Fyrooz bin Caoos, June 1836; letter from Tatia and Dada Maharaji, 1838; letter from the Iman of Muscat; lette...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1853
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Topics of correspondence include Lord Elphinstone's appointment as Governor of Bombay and requests for patronage or recommendation to him (for example Mss Eur F88/167/16). Also includes the news of the death of Sir Charles Adam (for example Mss Eur F88/167/17) and Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke's a...
Private Letters from Captain Henry Dundas Robertson. Volume I
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Written to Mountstuart Elphinstone partly during his Residency at Poona and his Commissionership of the Deccan. Also includes a copy letter from Francis Warden to Captain Robertson (folios 10-12) and folios in Persian script (folios 27-29 and 54 - items in Persian are awaiting further investigati...
Miscellaneous Private Letters to Mountstuart Elphinstone. No. 10
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With index. Written to Mountstuart Elphinstone during his Governorship of Bombay. Includes letters and enclosures from: Francis Whitworth Russell; Lieutenant Colonel William D Cleiland; Dr Andrew Jukes; James Williams; Captain George Forster Sadler; Colonel Andrew Aitchison; John Jefferys; Christ...