Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: his journey homewards from India to Europe, travelling through Syria, Asia Minor, Egypt and Greece
Scope & Content:
With papers on his travels through Syria, Asia Minor, Egypt and Greece. Includes a bundle of letters about Egypt, etc., 1820-1828 and other letters, 1828-1829; thirteen notebooks of travels, written in pencil, 1827-1828; an account of a passage from Bombay to Mocha and Cossier in 1821; passports ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Italian, and Persian
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone connected with the Settlement of the Deccan in 1826
Scope & Content:
Includes several bundles: 1) Notes on correspondence with Mr Pringle, notes on instructions for the Superintendent of Assessment and notes on the state of affairs in the Deccan, e.g. police and criminal justice, January-February c 1826; 2) Moonsisses and Mueens - with statements of rates of pay, ...
Papers and correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone
Scope & Content:
Comprises several bundles: 1) No 4 Bombay 1823. Adam and James's separate private letters - with a draft letter of resignation from Mountstuart Elphinstone to the Court of Directors (later withdrawn), private correspondence from John Adam and James Ruthven Elphinstone and draft letters by Mountst...