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131. Mss Eur F88/131

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/131
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: regarding Parkhurst
Scope & Content:
Comprises correspondence between Mountstuart Elphinstone, Edmund Lomax (the owner of Parkhurst, Leith Hill, Surrey), William Miller and Mr [J] Fraser regarding Elphinstone's wish to be tenant at Parkhurst; the terms and conditions of the rent; length of occupation; changes made in the house with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1846-05 Oct 1847
Extent:
1 file 137 folios

132. Mss Eur F88/132

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/132
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1847
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include subscriptions for the destitute in the Scottish Highlands and Ireland; the death of Sir Edmund Lomax, owner of Parkhurst; concerns over Mountstuart Elphinstone's ill health which had made him give up London and attending various club and society meetings. Also inc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1846-31 Dec 1847
Extent:
1 file 159 folios

133. Mss Eur F88/133

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/133
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to July 1847
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage and general news about friends and family, including the death of Richard Strachey (Mss Eur F88/133/21). Also includes reports by Hay M Erskine that Mary Keith Macalister [Keithy] has left her husband to live in Glasgow wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
02 Apr-27 Jul 1847
Extent:
1 file 149 folios

134. Mss Eur F88/134

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/134
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1847
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include concerns over Mountstuart Elphinstone's health; Lord Elphinstone's appointment as Lord-in-Waiting; General Monteith's return to India (Madras) and general comments and discussion of the monetary crisis and Peel's government. Also includes several letters from John...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Hindi
Date Range:
21 Apr 1847-31 Dec 1847
Extent:
1 file 158 folios

135. Mss Eur F88/135

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/135
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1848
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include Mrs Robertson's (widow of Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson) memorial concerning her late husband's claims to the Deccan Booty (Mss Eur F88/135/17); Lord Elphinstone's request to be recommended for the post of Governor of Bombay (for example, Mss Eur F88/135/5); Hay ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1848-30 Mar 1848
Extent:
1 file 149 folios

136. Mss Eur F88/136

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/136
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1848
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include comments on the Second French Revolution and its consequences, for example, Mrs Sarah Austin requests assistance in finding a house as they have been driven out of France. Some of the letters have brief annotations by Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding his response
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1847-24 Aug 1848
Extent:
1 file 173 folios

137. Mss Eur F88/137

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/137
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1848
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes requests for patronage and recommendation as well as general news from friends and family. Also mentions the news of the death of Charles Buller (Mss Eur F88/137/45). Some of the letters have brief annotations by Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding his response
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1845-30 Dec 1848
Extent:
1 file 166 folios

138. Mss Eur F88/138

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/138
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1849
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include news from Colonel John Low on how Lord Gough, Commander in Chief in India, is facing up to the enemies at Ramnagar (Mss Eur F88/138/1); Lord Elphinstone's comments on education in India (Mss Eur F88/138/3); Hay M Erskine's letters containing the news of Keith Ersk...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
04 Dec 1848-29 Mar 1849
Extent:
1 file 148 folios

139. Mss Eur F88/139

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/139
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1849
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes general news from friends and family, discussing various illnesses and death of relatives (Hay M Erskine had to cancel a visit as he had to go and sort out matters after receiving the news of the death of his cousin, Maria Erskine). Mountstuart Elphinstone had as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
10 Feb 1849-16 Jul 1849
Extent:
1 file 135 folios

140. Mss Eur F88/140

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/140
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1849
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes requests for recommendation and patronage. Also includes an invitation from His Royal Highness Prince Albert to join the committee for deciding the venue for the 1851 Exhibition and Mountstuart Elphinstone's reply (Mss Eur F88/140/62); concerns over Elphinstone's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
05 Jul 1849-01 Feb 1850
Extent:
1 file 198 folios

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