Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: Indian letters from Bombay, Seroor [Sirur] and other places
Scope & Content:
Comprises private letters to Mountstuart Elphinstone during his Residency in Poona. Topics of correspondence includes daily life and work in India. Some of the letters are in poor condition as they have been damaged
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: Indian correspondence for 1818 to 1821
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Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone's preparations for taking up the post as Governor of Bombay (hence the list of furnishings in Mss Eur F88/61/7), support in the application for a pension of a native [Niyeef Klee Khan?] and news from friends and acquaintances
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School
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Comprises correspondence regarding the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School. With letters from George Norton; R Scott; Colonel George Jervis; Eyre Barton Powell (appointed as Head Master) and William Butterworth Bayley
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: his journey homewards from India to Europe, travelling through Syria, Asia Minor, Egypt and Greece
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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
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1836
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Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage (triggered by Lord Elphinstone's appointment as Governor of Madras). Also includes James Erskine's plans as the new head of the office at Rajcote [Rajkot]; Mountstuart Elphinstone's introduction to the author, Emma Roberts...
Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone: manuscript 'report on the Kingdom of Caubul' [Kabul] for the Governor General in Council compiled by Elphinstone and some of his companions on his 1808 mission to Afghanistan
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Includes an annotated map and a copy of a letter dated Calcutta 7 Dec 1810 from Mountstuart Elphinstone to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone which accompanied the report. The text contains annotations and amendments