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51. Mss Eur F88/51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/51
Title:
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: plans and actual routes of his travels in 1836 and 1837
Scope & Content:
Contains letters of credit and bankers notes; hotel bills; and plans and actual routes with lists of places to stop at, a breakdown of the distance in miles and the number of days and so on. This was a long trip - Elphinstone travelled through Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1837
Extent:
1 file 73 folios

52. Mss Eur F88/52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/52
Title:
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: notes on his journey to and about Sicily
Scope & Content:
Contain routes, bills, plans on places to visit with a breakdown of the distance (in miles) and the number of days to spend in each place; information on the route by the Via Latina - Naples to Rome; information on the route from Naples to Sicily; and plans of his journey from Sicily back to Lond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841-1842
Extent:
1 file 34 folios

53. Mss Eur F88/53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/53
Title:
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: visiting cards
Scope & Content:
Contains 27 visiting cards left for Elphinstone from: Mr Christopher Wordsworth; Mr Robert Coff; Lieut. Gen. Riall; Mr Walter Fletcher; Mr William Earle; Le Chevalier Bunsen; Mr Dashwood; Lieut. Gen. Montresor; L'Ambassadeur de France; Dr Jenks.; Mr Kestner; Mr George Matthew; Mr Pole; Mr Lyon; M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1828-1859
Extent:
1 bundle of 27 visiting cards (3 in card wallet - 1 mislaid, 18.12.2013)

54. Mss Eur F88/54

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/54
Title:
Juvenile letters, mostly from James Ruthven Elphinstone, to John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone and Mrs Anne Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Contains letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone's brothers Charles Elphinstone and James Ruthven Elphinstone, to their parents, John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone and Mrs Anne Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone. The majority of the letters date from their childhood and their time at school in Londo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1776-04 Mar 1793
Extent:
1 file 158 folios

55. Mss Eur F88/55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/55
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: private and official Indian letters for c 1807 to 1817
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include personal business such as applications for work, literacy works on astrology and a certificate of illness (Mss Eur F88/55/29 contains a certificate of illness to support Lieutenant Smith's inability to travel to Poona due to a liver disorder). Letters also focus o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1807-21 Nov 1817
Extent:
1 file 111 folios

56. Mss Eur F88/56

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/56
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: Indian letters from Bombay, Seroor [Sirur] and other places
Scope & Content:
Comprises private letters to Mountstuart Elphinstone during his Residency in Poona. Topics of correspondence includes daily life and work in India. Some of the letters are in poor condition as they have been damaged
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1811-20 Apr 1814
Extent:
1 volume 189 folios

57. Mss Eur F88/57

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/57
Title:
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone relating to the rupture in India in 1817
Scope & Content:
This file consists a bundle of papers relating to the rupture in 1817 [the Battle of Kirki] and its after effects. It includes drafts of letters before and after the rupture, notes on Mountstuart Elphinstone's proceedings for orders for the summary execution of plunders and treasoners, Captain Ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 Apr 1819-10 Aug 1833
Extent:
1 file (14 items) 75 folios

58. Mss Eur F88/58

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/58
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone to his sisters
Scope & Content:
Comprises four letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone to his sisters. He talks about his life in India and his desire to return home to England, and his travels in Europe
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
06 Oct 1813-08 Nov 1836
Extent:
1 file 20 folios

59. Mss Eur F88/59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/59
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: juvenile letters
Scope & Content:
Comprises letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone mostly to his mother but also to his father and uncles. They cover his time at school in Kensington, London and what he thought of it; his departure for India and sea sickness on the voyage; and his arrival and early years in India
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1794-2 May 1798
Extent:
1 file 73 folios

60. Mss Eur F88/60

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/60
Title:
Notes and intelligence of Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding the Peshawar and Trimbuckjee in the lead up to the Third Maratha war
Scope & Content:
Contains Mountstuart Elphinstone's notes on the Peshawar and Trimbukjee before the war with the Peshawar (the Battle of Kirkee and the Third Maratha War). Includes correspondence with Sir Thomas Munro, Captain Robert Close and Francis Warden; notes on the Nizam family; a memorandum written by Ric...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1815-c 1817
Extent:
1 box (5 files in all - 1 notebook and 3 scrap books) 344 folios

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