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111. 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

112. 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

113. Mss Eur F88/156

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/156
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835: Committee on Indian Precedency
Scope & Content:
Includes nine letters from Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, J Nicolls, Lieutenant Colonel Barnewall, Colonel Hamilton Tovey-Tennent, and William Chaplin to Mountstuart Elphinstone relating to the Committee on Indian Precedency and its issues, as well as draft answers by Mountstuart Elphinstone
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Feb 1835-27 Mar 1835
Extent:
1 file 26 folios

114. Mss Eur F88/158

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/158
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1850
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the death of Lord Jeffery and erecting a monument to him; concerns over Mountstuart Elphinstone's eyes and the correspondents' ill health; patronage (e.g. for Major Chisholm's son); opinions on the state of France (Mss Eur F88/158/37) and the latest Indian news (e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1850-01 Jul 1850
Extent:
1 file 143 folios

115. Mss Eur F88/159

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/159
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1850
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the deaths of Miss Anne Elphinstone (Mss Eur F88/20) and Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus (Mss Eur F88/159/36). Lord Elphinstone's correspondence confesses his debts due to the failure of his sugar plantations in Ceylon and he asks for his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1850-03 Dec 1851
Extent:
1 file 152 folios

116. Mss Eur F88/163

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/163
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1852
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include news of the death of some friends, Mr Erskine and Mrs Gray; Indian news from Colin Mackenzie (Mss Eur F88/163/7); an invitation to become Honorary Director of the Athenaeum Institute by FG Tomlins (Mss Eur F88/163/27); and general news from friends and family. Som...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1852-20 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 file 156 folios

117. Mss Eur F88/168

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/168
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1854
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes John Loch's retirement from the Court of Directors and the ill health and subsequent death of John Fullerton Elphinstone (mostly in letters from James Drummond Buller Fullerton Elphinstone and General William Monteith). There are also letters from William Patrick...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1853-28 Apr 1854
Extent:
1 file 211 folios

118. Mss Eur F88/172

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/172
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to July 1855
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include Colonel William Mayne's return to India (Mss Eur F88/172/44); the unfortunate news of the death of both [TH] Ernst and George Loch's fathers and Colonel Robert E Burrowes's son (Mss Eur F88/172/25, Mss Eur F88/172/32 and Mss Eur F88/172/36); news of Hay M Erskine'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18 Apr 1851-07 Oct 1855
Extent:
1 file 197 folios

119. Mss Eur F88/179

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/179
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1857
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the sale of Lord Elphinstone's farms (in letters from A Begbie); Sir Edward Strachey's impending marriage (Mss Eur F88/179/9); George Elphinstone Erskine's departure for India (Mss Eur F88/179/17), with advice from Mountstuart Elphinstone on how to behave when he ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1857-21 Mar 1858
Extent:
1 file 187 folios

120. Mss Eur F88/181

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/181
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for March to May 1858
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the death of Sir Henry Strachey and the state of his papers (e.g. Mss Eur F88/181/18); comments on the India Bill (Mss Eur F88/181/21); Indian news from William Patrick Adam (Mss Eur F88/181/1); and requests for patronage/recommendations. Also includes draft lette...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Mar 1858-03 Jun 1858
Extent:
1 file 145 folios

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