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11. Mss Eur F88/90

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/90
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage and letters of introduction; the death of Dr JJ Gibson; Mountstuart Elphinstone's role in the settlement of his estate as the death of his executor, James Ruthven Elphinstone; Arthur Bedford Orlebar confirming his appointment as Senior Profe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1833-19 Dec 1834
Extent:
1 file 112 folios

12. Mss Eur F88/92

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/92
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation; Herbert Complin's response to becoming the first President of the Elphinstone College (Mss Eur F88/92/11); the Duke of Wellington's portrait by Pickersgill (see Mss Eur F88/92/18 and Mss Eur F88/92/38); writing an history of India (see...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
06 Jan 1834-27 Dec 1834
Extent:
1 file 157 folios

13. Mss Eur F88/94

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/94
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the publication of Lord Robert Clive's memoirs in the correspondence between Mountstuart Elphinstone, Lady Malcolm and William Erskine. Also includes letters of thanks from the Bombay Native Education Society for Elphinstone's donation of £100 and the arrival of o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
03 Sep 1834-23 Dec 1835
Extent:
1 file 87 folios

14. Mss Eur F88/95

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/95
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation, patronage and benevolence. Also includes reminders for Mountstuart Elphinstone to pay his annual subscriptions to various clubs, e.g. the New Club (Mss Eur F88/95/18); electing Elphinstone as President of the Royal Geographical Society...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1834-20 Dec 1835
Extent:
1 file 100 folios

15. Mss Eur F88/98

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/98
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1836
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and benevolence; the news of Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister Mrs Keith Erskine's illness (Mss Eur F88/98/3); and Lord Elphinstone's acceptance of the post as Governor of Madras and the staff he appoints to go with him, for example, Wal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1835-29 Nov 1836
Extent:
1 file 87 folios

16. Mss Eur F88/101

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/101
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1837
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and benevolence, particularly from Mrs Sarah Carden who has been abandoned by her husband to live with a French woman (Mss Eur F88/101/21 and Mss Eur F88/101/51). She asks Mountstuart Elphinstone to use his influence to obtain alimony a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1836-01 Jan 1838
Extent:
1 file 133 folios

17. Mss Eur F88/105

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/105
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1838
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage, including a request for assistance in recommending Colonel Hamilton Tovey-Tennent for the Order of the Bath (Mss Eur F88/105/9). Also includes requests for benevolence; Alexander Burnes' mission to Kabul (Mss Eur F88/105/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
06 Jan 1838-26 Dec 1838
Extent:
1 file 149 folios

18. Mss Eur F88/111

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/111
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for financial assistance from John Atkins and the case of Lord Henry Gordon who was in dire straits himself. Also includes letters concerning the erection of a monument for Sir Pulteney Malcolm; requests for letters of introductions to Lord Elphinstone; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1839-21 Dec [1839]
Extent:
1 file 113 folios

19. Mss Eur F88/129

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/129
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1846
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include appointing a second master at Madras University and advice about suitability of candidates, as well as general news from friends and families. Some of the letters have brief annotations by Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding his reply
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1846-27 Dec 1846
Extent:
1 file 207 folios

20. Mss Eur F88/109

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/109
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: miscellaneous letters and papers
Scope & Content:
Comprises miscellaneous letters and papers, including letters from Charles Elphinstone to his mother, Mrs Anne Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone; letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone to his sister, Miss Clementina Elphinstone; letters regarding General Welleseley and Elphinstone's appointment as Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1796-1832
Extent:
1 file 84 folios