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81. Mss Eur F88/186

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/186
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to November 1859
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes general news from friends and family, such as the death of Sir Cursetjee Jamsetjee (Mss Eur F88/186/4) and Mary Adam's engagement (Mss Eur F88/186/55). Also includes draft letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone. There is an archivist note explaining these letters h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Oct] 1853-16 Nov 1859
Extent:
1 file 197 folios

82. Mss Eur F88/115

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/115
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School
Scope & Content:
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
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1840-19 Aug 1840
Extent:
1 file 24 folios

83. Mss Eur F88/97

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/97
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1836
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1836-19 Nov 1836
Extent:
1 file 111 folios

84. Mss Eur F88/69

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/69
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for November to December 1827
Scope & Content:
Comprises several letters of introduction to Mountstuart Elphinstone, in order to meet people in Europe on his return to England. Also includes several letters from people taking their leave of Elphinstone. One letter, Mss Eur F88/88/69/9, is in French and two letters, Mss Eur F88/69/28 and Mss E...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
01 Nov 1827-26 Mar 1829
Extent:
1 file 128 folios

85. Mss Eur F88/73

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/73
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for June to August 1829
Scope & Content:
Comprises several letters from friends and family, many expressing pleasure at Mountstuart Elphinstone's return to England, with several invitations to visit. Other topics of correspondence includes news on Indian affairs and Sir John Grant's petition against the Privy Council; requests for recom...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
22 Jan 1829-12 Dec 1829
Extent:
1 file 136 folios. There is no Folio 48

86. Mss Eur F88/116

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/116
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to August 1840
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and financial assistance and the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School. Also includes a letter from Arthur Conolly detailing his part in the Kabul Mission to date (Mss Eur F88/116/33). Two letters, or part thereof, are in Fre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20 Apr 1840-06 Sep 1840
Extent:
1 file 169 folios

87. Mss Eur F88/117

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/117
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1840
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence includes news from India, such as the reaction to the appointment of Mr Powell as Head Master of Madras School and requests for letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone. Also includes the deaths of Mountstuart Elphinstone's siblings, Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleemin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18 Feb 1840-28 Dec 1840
Extent:
1 file 173 folios

88. Mss Eur F88/120

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/120
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1841
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include condolences for the death of Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister, Mrs Keith Erskine; concerns over the health of James Erskine; establishing native hospitals (Mss Eur F88/120/33); and queries prompted by Elphinstone's publication 'The History of India'. Also includes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
03 Aug 1841-29 Dec 1841
Extent:
1 file 201 folios

89. Mss Eur F88/134

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/134
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1847
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include concerns over Mountstuart Elphinstone's health; Lord Elphinstone's appointment as Lord-in-Waiting; General Monteith's return to India (Madras) and general comments and discussion of the monetary crisis and Peel's government. Also includes several letters from John...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Hindi
Date Range:
21 Apr 1847-31 Dec 1847
Extent:
1 file 158 folios

90. Mss Eur F88/156

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/156
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835: Committee on Indian Precedency
Scope & Content:
Includes nine letters from Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, J Nicolls, Lieutenant Colonel Barnewall, Colonel Hamilton Tovey-Tennent, and William Chaplin to Mountstuart Elphinstone relating to the Committee on Indian Precedency and its issues, as well as draft answers by Mountstuart Elphinstone
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
09 Feb 1835-27 Mar 1835
Extent:
1 file 26 folios