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111. Mss Eur F88/111

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/111
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for financial assistance from John Atkins and the case of Lord Henry Gordon who was in dire straits himself. Also includes letters concerning the erection of a monument for Sir Pulteney Malcolm; requests for letters of introductions to Lord Elphinstone; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1839-21 Dec [1839]
Extent:
1 file 113 folios

112. Mss Eur F88/112

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/112
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the concerns of Indians about the conversion of natives to Christianity through education (Mss Eur F88/112/14) and the Opium trade between Britain, India and China (Mss Eur F88/112/18). Also includes letters from Thomas Tonnochy wishing to obtain an appointment fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jun 1836-31 Dec [1839]
Extent:
1 file 145 folios

113. Mss Eur F88/113

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/113
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests and thanks for recommendations and benevolence. Also includes an application made to Parliament to improve the turnpike roads in west Stirlingshire; engaging a house in Kent for Miss Elphinstone; and donating books/publications to the Royal Geographical S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
03 Jan 1839-26 Dec 1840
Extent:
1 file 158 folios

114. Mss Eur F88/114

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/114
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1840
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes requests for recommendation, patronage and benevolence; the news of Miss Elizabeth Mackenzie Elphinstone's illness; the proceedings against Dr Wilson in Bombay and the baptism of two Parsee youths (Mss Eur F88/114/4); and Thorl Gudin Repp's remarks on the effects...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
01 Jan 1840-24 Jan 1841
Extent:
1 file 149 folios

115. Mss Eur F88/115

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/115
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School
Scope & Content:
Comprises correspondence regarding the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School. With letters from George Norton; R Scott; Colonel George Jervis; Eyre Barton Powell (appointed as Head Master) and William Butterworth Bayley
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1840-19 Aug 1840
Extent:
1 file 24 folios

116. Mss Eur F88/116

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/116
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to August 1840
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and financial assistance and the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School. Also includes a letter from Arthur Conolly detailing his part in the Kabul Mission to date (Mss Eur F88/116/33). Two letters, or part thereof, are in Fre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Apr 1840-06 Sep 1840
Extent:
1 file 169 folios

117. Mss Eur F88/117

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/117
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1840
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes news from India, such as the reaction to the appointment of Mr Powell as Head Master of Madras School and requests for letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone. Also includes the deaths of Mountstuart Elphinstone's siblings, Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleemin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18 Feb 1840-28 Dec 1840
Extent:
1 file 173 folios

118. Mss Eur F88/118

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/118
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1841
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage, and general news from friends and family. Also includes letters from William Henderson and people at East India House, regarding his enforced two years' leave of absence due to the state of his mental health. Henderson wr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1841-12 May 1841
Extent:
1 file 135 folios

119. Mss Eur F88/119

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/119
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1841
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone; condolences for the death of Charles Elphinstone Fleeming; the news of the serious illness of his sister Mrs Keith Erskine; and the education of natives in India in letters from George Je...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1839-31 Jul 1841
Extent:
1 file 195 folios

120. Mss Eur F88/120

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/120
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1841
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include condolences for the death of Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister, Mrs Keith Erskine; concerns over the health of James Erskine; establishing native hospitals (Mss Eur F88/120/33); and queries prompted by Elphinstone's publication 'The History of India'. Also includes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
03 Aug 1841-29 Dec 1841
Extent:
1 file 201 folios

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