Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone to his sisters
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Comprises four letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone to his sisters. He talks about his life in India and his desire to return home to England, and his travels in Europe
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1828
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Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone's travels; news from friends in India (including comments on his successor, Sir John Malcolm); his sister Mrs Keith Erskine's recovery from the death of Charles Erskine (the death of James Ruthven Elphinstone, is also mentioned); Elphinston...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830
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Topics of correspondence include dinner invitations; letters of introduction; requests for recommendation and patronage (for example, from George Norton); James Erskine's debts and financial situation; George Keith Erskine's return to India; and the exchange rate between the East and West (John M...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831
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Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone's membership of the Travellers Club; requests for introductions, recommendation and patronage; a monument erected for James Ruthven Elphinstone in St Helena; correspondence about a proposed heritable security loan Elphinstone was going to l...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1833
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Topics of correspondence includes requests for recommendation, patronage and financial aid (particularly from Thomas Say). Also includes comments on the state of Mountstuart Elphinstone's finances and finding a suitable candidate for a professorship in Bombay