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Mss Eur F88/55
- Record Id:
- 040-000673403
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673402
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000216
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/55
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: private and official Indian letters for c 1807 to 1817
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include personal business such as applications for work, literacy works on astrology and a certificate of illness (Mss Eur F88/55/29 contains a certificate of illness to support Lieutenant Smith's inability to travel to Poona due to a liver disorder). Letters also focus on the actions of the Company during the Third Maratha War such as negotiating with Sindia. The file also has copies of three letters from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, regarding the defence of India against Napoleon's armies dating from 1807 to 1809
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673402
040-000673403 - 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
Mss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 2 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives whilst in India
Mss Eur F88/55 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: private and official Indian letters for c 1807 to 1817 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/55/1 : Copy letter from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington at Dublin Castle, to Sir John Malcolm
Mss Eur F88/55/2 : Copy letter from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington at Dublin Castle, on the defence of India
Mss Eur F88/55/3 : Letter from Seelenarrain Boy, to Captain Robert Pitman
Mss Eur F88/55/4 : Copy letter from Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington at Badajoz, Spain, to Sir John Malcolm
Mss Eur F88/55/5 : Incomplete letter from Captain Monteith at Tabreez [Tabriz], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/6 : Letter from Captain Monteith at Tabreez [Tabriz], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/7 : Letter from Captain Monteith at Tabreez [Tabriz], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/8 : Letter from Captain James Tod to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/9 : Letter from Captain James Tod to Elphinstone, with a letter from S Wellesley at Patria
Mss Eur F88/55/10 : Letter from Captain St John Blacker at Madras, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/11 : Letter from General Thomas Munro at camp near Darwar [Dharwar], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/12 : Letter from General Lionel Smith at Seroor [Sirur], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/13 : Letter from General Lionel Smith at Seroor [Sirur], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/14 : Letter from General Lionel Smith at Seroor [Sirur], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/15 : Letter from General Thomas Munro at Darwar [Dharwar], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/16 : Letter from Major Patrick Vans Agnew at Hydabad [Hyderabad], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/17 : Letter from General Lionel Smith at Seroor [Sirur], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/18 : Letter from JW Glas to John Adam
Mss Eur F88/55/19 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Poona, to Captain Lewis
Mss Eur F88/55/20 : Letter from James Ruthven Elphinstone at Calcutta, to his brother Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/21 : Letter from Captain Robert Close to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/22 : Letter from General Lionel Smith at Seroor [Sirur], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/23 : Letter from General Lionel Smith at Seroor [Sirur], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/24 : Letter from General Lionel Smith at Seroor [Sirur], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/55/25 : Copy letter from General Lionel Smith at Seroor [Sirur], to the Quarter Master General of the Army
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0002]/037-000673402[0001]/040-000673403
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 111 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1817
- Date Range:
- 15 Oct 1807-21 Nov 1817
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 3 A2
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)