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Mss Eur F88/119

Record Id:
040-000676140
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
037-000673747
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000266
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F88/119
Title:
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1841
Scope & Content:
Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and letters of introduction to Lord Elphinstone; condolences for the death of Charles Elphinstone Fleeming; the news of the serious illness of his sister Mrs Keith Erskine; and the education of natives in India in letters from George Jervis (Mss Eur F88/119/58) and George Norton (Mss Eur F88/119/81). Also includes letters from Lord Elphinstone (for example, Mss Eur F88/119/11), which provide an update of an ongoing dispute between him and the Court of Directors, regarding his decision to move the seat of government from Madras to somewhere better suited to his health
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Private Papers
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000676140
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 F88/119 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1841
Contains:
Mss Eur F88/119/1 : Letter from William Henderson at 41 Bedford Place, Kensington, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/2 : Letter from John Mansfield at 51 Grosvenor Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/3 : Letter from EA Thomson at 32 Upper Parade, Leamington, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/4 : Letter from Octavius Blewitt at 72 Great Russell Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/5 : Letter from William Henderson at 41 Bedford Place, Kensington, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, with an annexed copy letter from…
Mss Eur F88/119/6 : Letter from Amelia Valsamachi at 25 Beatnick Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/7 : Letter from Aeneas Ranald Mcdonell at Sanquhar House near Forres, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/8 : Letter from William Henderson at 41 Bedford Place, Kensington, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/9 : Letter from Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus at Addiscombe House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/10 : Letter from Messrs Gorman & Co at 52 Mark Lane, London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/11 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Madras, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/12 : Copy letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Madras, to Sir John Hobhouse, enclosing copy minute and memorandum
Mss Eur F88/119/13 : Letter from Mrs Mary Elizabeth Thornton Hore [Ruthven] at Windsor, to her cousin Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/14 : Letter from Hay M Erskine at Forthampton, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/15 : Letter from Mohammed Ibrahim at East India College, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/16 : Letter from Isabella Mackay at 23 Stafford Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/17 : Letter from Olivia Seton at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/18 : Letter from Rungoo Row Bappoojee at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/19 : Letter from A Gordon at 23 Hanover Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/20 : Letter from William Macleod at Brixton, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/21 : Letter from Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/22 : Letter from Robert Willcox at the Royal Naval College, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/23 : Letter from William Macleod at 4 Coleman Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/24 : Letter from Sir Henry Pottinger at 36 Berkeley Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/119/25 : Letter from Isabella Mackay at 23 Stafford Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
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Hierarchy:
032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0052]/040-000676140
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file 195 folios
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1839
End Date:
1841
Date Range:
19 Dec 1839-31 Jul 1841
Era:
CE
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Former External References:
Mss Eur F88 Box 4 B10
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)