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Mss Eur F88/105
- Record Id:
- 040-000675491
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000259
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/105
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1838
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage, including a request for assistance in recommending Colonel Hamilton Tovey-Tennent for the Order of the Bath (Mss Eur F88/105/9). Also includes requests for benevolence; Alexander Burnes' mission to Kabul (Mss Eur F88/105/23); the death of Sir Robert Grant and his potential replacement, Sir James Carnac as Governor of Bombay (Mss Eur F88/105/32 and Mss Eur F88/105/41); an application for the establishment of a native hospital and dispensary (Mss Eur F88/105/38); pamphlets on the respirator invented by John Jefferys (Mss Eur F88/105/59); and a letter by Henry Willock which contains his views on the situation in Persia and Central Asia and ways on improving British relations with them (Mss Eur F88/105/50)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000675491 - 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 F88/105 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1838 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/105/1 : Letter from Margaret Olympia Kane at 10 Lower Durnford Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/2 : Letter from T Balfour at Florence, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/3 : Letter from EH Impey at the George Hotel, Portsmouth, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/4 : Letter from Mrs Maria Mill near [Cosseir], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/5 : Letter from John Atkins at 17 Gee Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/6 : Letter from Carbonell & Co at 182 Regent Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/7 : Letter from Henrietta Newbolt at Southampton, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/8 : Letter from Michael Ramsay at Mednapore, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/9 : Letter from Blackheath, to Mountstuart Elphinstone [author illegible - Mr Cleland?]
Mss Eur F88/105/10 : Letter from Mr Hodgson at 59 Grosvenor Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/11 : Letter from Mr Macartney to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/12 : Letter from J Dickinson at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/13 : Letter from HA Kennedy at Arundel Hotel, Arundel Street, London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/14 : Letter from Harriet Walker at Red Lion Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/15 : Letter from George Turnbull at Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/16 : Letter from C Morehead, secretary to the Medical and Physical Society at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/17 : Letter from Robert Morehead at Easington, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/18 : Letter from Miss S Dickinson at 2 Montague Street, Bedford Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/19 : Letter from Mrs Sarah Carden at 17 Bryanstone Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/20 : Letter from G Llewellyn at 31 Kings Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/21 : Letter from Harriet Walker to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/22 : Letter from J Clark at East India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/23 : Copy letter from Sir Alexander Burnes at [Husa Abdal?], to Mr Macnaughten
Mss Eur F88/105/24 : Letter from Mrs Sarah Carden at 17 Bryanstone Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/105/25 : Letter from HA Kennedy at 8 Vine Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0039]/040-000675491
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 149 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1838
- End Date:
- 1838
- Date Range:
- 06 Jan 1838-26 Dec 1838
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 3 H52
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)