Mountstuart Elphinstone: Private and semi-official letters and papers, chiefly on Indian affairs
Scope & Content:
Comprises volumes of private and semi-official letters Mountstuart Elphinstone received during his Commissionership of the Deccan (1818-1819) and his Governorship of Bombay (1819-1827). Chiefly on Indian affairs, correspondents include Sir Evan Nepean, Sir Charles Colville, Francis Warden, Captai...
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Private and semi-official letters, chiefly on Indian affairs
Scope & Content:
Comprises volumes of private and semi-official letters, chiefly on Indian affairs, that Mountstuart Elphinstone received during his Commissionership of the Deccan (1818-1819) and his Governorship of Bombay (1819-1827), from correspondents in Europe and India, including his brother James Ruthven E...
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Private letters, chiefly on Indian affairs 1820-1827
Scope & Content:
Comprises volumes of miscellaneous private letters, chiefly on Indian affairs, that Mountstuart Elphinstone received during his Governorship of Bombay (1819-1827). The volumes are indexed and a list of correspondents are given in the scope and content of each file
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Draft answers to letters, 1815-1827
Scope & Content:
Comprises volumes of Mountstuart Elphinstone's draft answers to letters he received during his time in India (1815-1827). The volumes are indexed and a list of correspondents are given in the scope and content of each file
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Official references, recommendations and applications for appointments to Indian service 1816-1827
Scope & Content:
Comprises volumes of official references from government officers, Europe recommendations and applications made by officers and civilians for appointments, service, commands and transferences that were received by Mountstuart Elphinstone. The volumes are indexed and a list of correspondents are g...
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Papers relating to his publication, 'The History of India'
Scope & Content:
Comprises manuscript notes made by Mountstuart Elphinstone on Indian history, used as research for his publication, 'The History of India (London, John Murray: 1841). Mss Eur F88/342 contains manuscript notes of 'The History of India' and Mss Eur F88/343 contains newspaper reviews of the publica...
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Draft minutes as Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Comprises mostly draft minutes made by Mountstuart Elphinstone as Governor of Bombay. Some of these files have a contents list and associated correspondence. Mss Eur F88/349 contains addresses made to Elphinstone upon his retirement of the Governorship and planned return to England in 1827
Mountstuart Elphinstone: Papers relating to his mission to Kabul 1808-1809; and other papers relating to the history of Afghanistan and Central Asia
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Comprises Mountstuart Elphinstone's report of his mission to Kabul, 1808-1809 [Mss Eur F88/359]; his notes on the history of Afghanistan and Central Asia, presumably also used as research for his publication, ‘An account of the kingdom of Caubul and its dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India;...
Comprises a wide range of papers relating to Indian affairs, including revenue, criminal and civil justice in the Deccan, the Deccan Settlement, the Deccan Prize Money and the case of Naroba Outia
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