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71. Mss Eur F88/125

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/125
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1844
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage; the death of James Erskine; and the election of new members of the Athenaeum Club. Also includes letters from Lord Prudhoe, General Galloway and William Butterworth Bayley which mainly deal with Mountstuart Elphinstone's assistance in gaini...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Aug 1843-30 Apr 1844
Extent:
1 file 166 folios

72. Mss Eur F88/126

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/126
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to December 1844
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone finding a suitable place to live; an accusation of indecent behaviour made by a female servant who had left Elphinstone's service, against his manservant (Mss Eur F88/126/31); discussions of ill health and symptons; and requests for recomme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 May 1844-31 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 file 191 folios

73. Mss Eur F88/128

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/128
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for June to December 1845
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include William Erskine's research on the history of India regarding Babur and queries over if his manuscript is suitable for publication; details of the family papers held at Cumbernauld; requests for letters of introduction and recommendation; and the Peel cabinet and g...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 Feb 1845-30 Dec 1845
Extent:
1 file 236 folios

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. Mss Eur F88/161

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/161
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1851
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for Mountstuart Elphinstone's support for Dudley Marjoribanks' election to the East India Company (Mss Eur F88/161/1); arranging visits to Hookwood; the death of John Fitzgibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare (Mss Eur F88/161/48); and general news about friends and f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
02 Apr 1851-31 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 file 126 folios

78. Mss Eur F88/162

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/162
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September 1851 to March 1852
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for character references for people who previously had worked in the service of Mountstuart Elphinstone and now are seeking new positions. Letters from TH Ernst keep Elphinstone up to date with the poor health of Sir Henry Strachey who is quite ill. Lette...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Sep 1851-03 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 file 190 folios

79. Mss Eur F88/164

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/164
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1852
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include general news about family and friends, including the death of William Malcolm Fleming (Mss Eur F88/164/9). Letters from Lord Elphinstone contain news of the ministerial crisis
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1852-02 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 file 200 folios

80. Mss Eur F88/165

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/165
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1853
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the commission and debate over the Indian Question in the House of Commons (for example Ms sEur F88/165/51); Lord Elphinstone being offered the post of Lord-in-Waiting (Mss Eur F88/165/2); and the ill health of John Fullerton Elphinstone (Mss Eur F88/165/67). Some...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1852-31 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 file 191 folios

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