Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: private Indian correspondence for 1822 to 1823
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Topics of correspondence include requests for information (for example, Mrs Ellen Ricketts' letter to Mrs Keith Erskine, Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister, regarding Captain John Simpson Bamford); letters of thanks for Elphinstone's patronage; letters from old friends renewing acquaintances; lette...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1820-1853: Indian [Persian and Marathi] letters
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Includes a translation of letter from Syyad Irrutoolah of Delhi, 1820; Captain Graham's Persian poem, 1821; a prospect and specimen of the first volume of the epic George Nameh by Moollah Fyrooz bin Caoos, June 1836; letter from Tatia and Dada Maharaji, 1838; letter from the Iman of Muscat; lette...
Juvenile letters, mostly from James Ruthven Elphinstone, to John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone and Mrs Anne Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone
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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...