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Mss Eur F88/100
- Record Id:
- 040-000675198
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000254
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/100
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1837
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include the Deccan prize money (Mss Eur F88/100/17); Mountstuart Elphinstone's recommendation for Colonel Hamilton Tovey-Tennent for the companionship for the Order of Bath (Mss Eur F88/100/18); an appeal for relief to help those suffering from a fire in Surat (Mss Eur F88/100/15); John A Murray's suggestion that Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming be made Governor of Greenwich Hospital if the position becomes vacant (Mss Eur F88/100/27); and a dispute made by Captain Pottinger over the contents of Captain Burnes' account of his travels which he believes are based on his own journals (Mss Eur F88/100/36). Also includes account statements from Crawford, Colvin & Co and Ramsay, Bonars & Co and letters from Lord Elphinstone, describing how he is settling in his new post as Governor of Madras (Mss Eur F88/100/23 and Mss Eur F88/100/29). Five letters, Mss Eur F88/100/4, Mss Eur F88/100/10, Mss Eur F88/100/26, Mss Eur F88/100/41 and Mss Eur F88/100/51, are in Italian. Four letters, or part of, are in French - Mss Eur F88/100/21, Mss Eur F88/100/22, Mss Eur F88/100/30 and Mss Eur F88/42
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000675198 - 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 F88/100 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1837 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/100/1 : Letter from Crawford, Colvin & Co at Broad Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/2 : Letter from Crawford, Colvin & Co at Broad Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/3 : Letter from William Mure to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/4 : Letter from the Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica at Rome, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/5 : Letter from David Greenhill at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/6 : Letter from William Mure to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/7 : Letter from R Bennett at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/8 : Letter from Hormusjee Rustomjee at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/9 : Letter from Ramsay, Bonars & Co at the Royal Exchange, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/10 : Letter in Italian [author unknown]
Mss Eur F88/100/11 : Letter from Frances C Mackenzie to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/12 : Letter from JF [Chinnery] to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/13 : Letter from William Henry Leslie-Melville at Moorshedahad [Murshidabad], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/14 : Letter from Rajah Coomar of Cabool at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/15 : Letter from James Farish, Chairman to the Committee at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/16 : Letter from Crawford, Colvin & Co at Broad Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/17 : Letter from Lyon, Barnes & Ellis at Spring Garden, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing extracts of orders and notices
Mss Eur F88/100/18 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at the Albany, to Sir JC Hobhouse
Mss Eur F88/100/19 : Letter from Anne Loch to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/20 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at the Albany [addressee unknown]
Mss Eur F88/100/21 : Letter from Juliaō José da Silva Vieira at Rome, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/22 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at the Albany, with a pamphlet from the Institut Historique
Mss Eur F88/100/23 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Bangalore, to his uncle
Mss Eur F88/100/24 : Letter from Raj Coomar at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/100/25 : Letter from Mrs Maria Mill at Bishop's College, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0034]/040-000675198
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 150 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1836
- End Date:
- 1838
- Date Range:
- 18 May 1836-20 Jul 1838
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 3 G47
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)