Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1828
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Topics of correspondence include the death of James Ruthven Elphinstone; James Erskine's move from India to China and his debt (which Mountstuart Elphinstone stood security for); and general news from friends and family still in India. Also includes several letters and statements of account from ...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830
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Topics of correspondence include membership to the New Club, Edinburgh; invitations to visit and dine; requests for recommendation and patronage; a letter from the Office for Taxes; and a request for a character reference for Mr Bove
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831
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Topics of correspondence include invitations to dine and requests for recommendation and patronage; Mountstuart Elphinstone being elected a member of the Dilettanti Society (Mss Eur F88/80/5); James Ruthven Elphinstone's preserved stomach being transported back to England (Mss Eur F88/80/26); and...
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831
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Topics of correspondence include the proposed establishment of an Association for the Encouragement of Literature (Mss Eur F88/81/11); invitations to dine; requests for recommendation and patronage; and general news about friends and family. One letter, Mss Eur F88/81/12, is in Italian