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Mss Eur F88 Series 2
- Record Id:
- 036-000673285
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000673285
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x0002e8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88 Series 2
- Title:
- Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives
- Scope & Content:
- Comprises the private and semi official correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone. This makes up a large part of the collection and has been arranged into four sub-series: juvenile and family correspondence; chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives while in India; chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives at home; and correspondence containing applications for money. The first sub-series contains mostly childhood letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone (there are also letters from his brother James Ruthven Elphinstone) to his parents and his siblings. He enjoyed a good relationship with his siblings, nieces and nephews and often exchanged letters with them. Letters from his nieces and nephews, such as John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone, can be found in the second and third sub-series. The second and third sub-series have been divided between Elphinstone’s time in India (1807-1827) and his return to Britain after he resigned the Governorship of Bombay in 1827 (1827-1859). He corresponded with many people, including Charles Theophilus Mecalfe, Baron Metcalfe, Sir John Malcolm, General Lionel Smith, John Adam, Sir Charles Adam and Sir Frederick William Adam, and his nephew John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone, who often kept him up to date with news from India and from the Houses of Parliament. He also frequently corresponded with Sir Henry Strachey and Sir Edward Strachey, James Cunninghame Grant Duff, Captain Robert E Burrowes and many more. Topics of correspondence vary but the news of the day, events in India and literature were always discussed. The final sub-series are letters containing applications for money (they are also dotted throughout the second and third sub-series).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F88 : Elphinstone Collection (2): Private Papers, Correspondence and Journals of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Bengal Civil Service…
Mss Eur F88 Series 2 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 1 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Juvenile letters and correspondence with family
Mss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 2 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives whilst in India
Mss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 3 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives at home
Mss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 4 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Correspondence containing applications for money
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
- 141 files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French
Hindi
Italian
Latin
Marathi
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
Devanagari
Latin - Start Date:
- 1776
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 1776-1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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