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41. Mss Eur F88/78

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/78
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include letters from the Bombay Native Education Society requesting Mountstuart Elphinstone's support in establishing three professorships (Mss Eur F88/78/14 - Mss Eur F88/78/17); a request from John Fitzgibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare, to be added to the list of subscribers fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
01 Dec 1827-05 Dec 1830
Extent:
1 file 135 folios.

42. Mss Eur F88/82

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/82
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage; news from Miss Elizabeth Mackenzie Elphinstone about the death of their sister (Mss Eur F88/82/40); native education in India and other news from India, including the Naroba Oritia case (in the letters from Archibald Robe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
25 Nov 1828-27 Dec 1832
Extent:
1 file 119 folios

43. Mss Eur F88/83

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/83
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include general news from friends and family, invitations to dine/visit and requests for Mountstuart Elphinstone's recommendation, patronage and benevolence. Also includes a letter from Charles Lushington (Mss Eur F88/83/7) which contains a brief account of the death of S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
12 Feb 1831-10 Feb 1833
Extent:
1 file 106 folios

44. Mss Eur F88/91

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/91
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage and recommendation; the financial situation in India (see John Milne's letters); Charles Grant's recommendation for Mountstuart Elphinstone for the Order of Bank, which Elphinstone turns down (Mss Eur F88/91/8 and Mss Eur F88/91/9); the Elph...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
06 Jan 1834-31 Dec 1834
Extent:
1 file 146 folios

45. Mss Eur F88/100

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/100
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1837
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include the Deccan prize money (Mss Eur F88/100/17); Mountstuart Elphinstone's recommendation for Colonel Hamilton Tovey-Tennent for the companionship for the Order of Bath (Mss Eur F88/100/18); an appeal for relief to help those suffering from a fire in Surat (Mss Eur F8...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
18 May 1836-20 Jul 1838
Extent:
1 file 150 folios

46. Mss Eur F88/72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/72
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to May 1829
Scope & Content:
Comprises several letters of congratulations to Mountstuart Elphinstone on his return to Europe and England, with invitations to visit. Topics of correspondence also include the state of Elphinstone's finances; news of political affairs at home; the dispute between Sir John Malcolm and the justic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
07 Oct 1828-24 Dec 1829
Extent:
1 file 142 folios

47. Mss Eur F88/88

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/88
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: the Bombay Professorships
Scope & Content:
Includes letters on the Elphinstone Professorships from: Robert Cotton Money; J Mill; RW Rothman; John Mackay; Reverend W Cureton; AC Donaldson; Arthur Bedford Orlebar; William Henry Sykes; John Loch; and William Ogillvy. Persons considered for the post include RW Rothman, Arthur Bedford Orlebar,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1831-27 Jun 1834
Extent:
1 file 115 folios

48. Mss Eur F88/118

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/118
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1841
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage, and general news from friends and family. Also includes letters from William Henderson and people at East India House, regarding his enforced two years' leave of absence due to the state of his mental health. Henderson wr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
01 Jan 1841-12 May 1841
Extent:
1 file 135 folios

49. Mss Eur F88/119

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/119
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1841
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone; condolences for the death of Charles Elphinstone Fleeming; the news of the serious illness of his sister Mrs Keith Erskine; and the education of natives in India in letters from George Je...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1839-31 Jul 1841
Extent:
1 file 195 folios

50. Mss Eur F88/123

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/123
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1843
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage; the return of John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone and Colonel John Low from India to England (Colonel Low's letter contains an extract obtained from an intelligence officer on the Kabul situation - Mss Eur F88/123/11); and the reputatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1842-29 Nov 1843
Extent:
1 file 195 folios