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Mss Eur F88/116
- Record Id:
- 040-000675933
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000263
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/116
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to August 1840
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and financial assistance and the appointment of Head Master to Madras High School. Also includes a letter from Arthur Conolly detailing his part in the Kabul Mission to date (Mss Eur F88/116/33). Two letters, or part thereof, are in French and Latin (Mss Eur F88/116/16 and Mss Eur F88/116/68)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000675933 - 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 F88/116 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to August 1840 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/116/1 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Nilgherries [Nilgiris], to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/2 : Letter from Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming at Greenwich, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/3 : Letter from James Reynolds at 14 Grafton Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/4 : Letter from Major Robert E Burrowes at Cheltenham, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/5 : Extract of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone to Major Robert E Burrowes
Mss Eur F88/116/6 : Letter from Robert Pitman at 4 Bath Buildings, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/7 : Letter from William Rae, Thomas Dick Lauder and George Forbes of the Royal Institution, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/8 : Letter from Smith Elder & Co at 65 Cornhill, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/9 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone to Major Robert E Burrowes
Mss Eur F88/116/10 : Letter from Charles Lushington at Great George Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/11 : Letter from Major Robert E Burrowes at Cheltenham, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/12 : Proposed subscription for the family of the late Mr Pitts, the sculptor, with a list of subscribers
Mss Eur F88/116/13 : Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden by Banff, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/14 : Letter from George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster at 13 Belgrave Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/15 : Letter from George Jervis at 69 Lowndes Square, Belgrave Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/16 : Letter from William Henry Leslie-Melville at 17 Albemarle Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/17 : Letter from William Burnie at Bishopsgate, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/18 : Letter from George Jervis at 69 Lowndes Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/19 : Letter from William Duncan Junior at 11 Nelson Street, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/20 : Letter from William Burnie at London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/21 : Letter from William A Fallon at 21 Great Russell Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/22 : Letter from William Morely at 15 Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing eight copies of a…
Mss Eur F88/116/23 : Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at 7 Prospect Place, Harrogate, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing part of a…
Mss Eur F88/116/24 : Letter from C Yorke, Private Secretary, Home Office, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/116/25 : Letter from G Higgs to Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0049]/040-000675933
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 169 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1840
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 20 Apr 1840-06 Sep 1840
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 4 A7
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)