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Mss Eur F88/89

Record Id:
040-000674713
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
037-000673747
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000237
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/89
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage and recommendation; Mountstuart Elphinstone's refusal of the post of Governor General of India, after the resignation of Lord Bentinck (his explanation for his refusal can be seen in Mss Eur F88/89/16-Mss Eur F88/89/18). Also includes letters on Elphinstone's lands in Biggar, including suggestions for improvements from the tenants by, for example, altering the water course (Mss Eur F88/89/26) and extending the church (Mss Eur F88/89/35); and a plot of land in Biggar for sale which Elphinstone is interested in purchasing (Mss Eur F88/89/30-33 and Mss Eur F88/89/38-Mss Eur F88/89/39). The following letters, Mss Eur F88/89/26 and Mss Eur F88/89/30, have basic diagrams of the land and proposed changes
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000674713
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 3 : Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives at home

 

Mss Eur F88/89 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834
Contains:
Mss Eur F88/89/1 : Letter from John Fitzgibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare at Malabar, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/2 : Letter from George Turnbull at Thistle Street, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/3 : Letter from George Turnbull at Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing copy letters John Mill, David Dickson and John…
Mss Eur F88/89/4 : Letter from R Bennett at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/5 : Copy letters from Mohamed Ghyasoodeen Muftee at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/6 : Letter from John Miller at Cumbernauld House, to Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
Mss Eur F88/89/7 : Letter from Crawford, Colvin & Co at Broad Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/8 : Letter from George Turnbull at Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing extract of letter from Patrick Cockburn to…
Mss Eur F88/89/9 : Letter from Robert E Burrowes at Paris, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/10 : Letter from Eleanor Kennedy at Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/11 : Letter from Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming at London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/12 : Letter from William Henry Leslie-Melville at Tunbridge Wells, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/13 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Leamington, to William Henry Leslie-Melville
Mss Eur F88/89/14 : Letter from William Henry Leslie-Melville at London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/15 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Leamington, to [H Tucker]
Mss Eur F88/89/16 : Letter from H Tucker at East India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/17 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Leamington, to [H Tucker?]
Mss Eur F88/89/18 : Letter from RH Clive at Stratford, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/19 : Letter from Sir Charles Adam at Blair Adam, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/20 : Letter from H Tucker at East India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/21 : Letter and statement of cash transactions from John Miller at Cumbernauld House, to Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
Mss Eur F88/89/22 : Statement of account from George Turnbull, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/23 : Letter from Crawford, Colvin & Co at Broad Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/24 : Letter from Crawford, Colvin & Co at Broad Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/89/25 : Letter from George Turnbull at 16 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing letters from James Bell…
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Hierarchy:
032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0023]/040-000674713
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file 100 folios
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1833
End Date:
1838
Date Range:
03 Nov 1833-20 Feb 1838
Era:
CE
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Former External References:
Mss Eur F88 Box 3 F36
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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