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Mss Eur F88/120
- Record Id:
- 040-000676224
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000267
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/120
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1841
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include condolences for the death of Mountstuart Elphinstone's sister, Mrs Keith Erskine; concerns over the health of James Erskine; establishing native hospitals (Mss Eur F88/120/33); and queries prompted by Elphinstone's publication 'The History of India'. Also includes a letter from the Raja of Satara seeking Elphinstone's help with the Peshiwars and letters from Lord Elphinstone asking for Elphinstone's advice if he should resign the Governorship of Madras and his reaction on hearing he has been unsuccessful in obtaining a peerage. Three letters, Mss Eur F88/120/1, Mss Eur F88/120/10 and Mss Eur F88/120/14 are in French and one letter and two items, Mss Eur F88/120/73 and Mss Eur F88/120/79, are in Italian
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000676224 - 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 F88/120 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1841 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/120/1 : Letter from Garcin de Tassy at 44 Bloomsbury Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/2 : Letter from JF Watson at 49 Great Marlborough Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/3 : Letter from Sir Charles Adam at the Admiralty, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/4 : Letter from Allan Cunningham at 27 Belgrave Place, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/5 : Letter from Hay M Erskine at Forthampton, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/6 : Letter from Mrs Catalina Paulina Elphinstone Fleeming to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/7 : Letter from John Fullerton Elphinstone at Ford Farm, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/8 : Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden by Banff, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/9 : Letter from Major Robert E Burrowes at Cheltenham, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing letters from Mary Erskine, James…
Mss Eur F88/120/10 : Letter from Garcin de Tassy at 44 Bloomsbury Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/11 : Letter from Alexander Francis Elphinstone at Rue du Champ de Mars, Brussels, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/12 : Letter from EA Thomson at Blair Adam, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/13 : Letter from J Halkett at Richmond Hill, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/14 : Letter from Garcin de Tassy at 44 Bloomsbury Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/15 : Letter from JF Chinnery at Thames Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/16 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Madras, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing letters from:…
Mss Eur F88/120/17 : Letter from Keith Young at Cumbernauld, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/18 : Letter from Eleanor Begbie at Frankfurt, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/19 : Letter from Andrew Rutherford at 48 Albemarle Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/20 : Letter from Amelia Valsamachi at 7 Hyde Park Place, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/21 : Letter from Mrs Maria Mill at Cambridge, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/22 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at the Albany [addressee unknown]
Mss Eur F88/120/23 : Letter from Olivia Seton at Poonah [Poona], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/24 : Letter from JF Chinnery at Thames Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/120/25 : Letter from Colonel William Henry Skyes at East India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0053]/040-000676224
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 201 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1841
- End Date:
- 1841
- Date Range:
- 03 Aug 1841-29 Dec 1841
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 4 B11
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- Mountstuart Elphinstone published 'The History of India' (London, John Murray, 1841). Files relating to this publication can be found in Series 8: Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone relating to History of India