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Mss Eur F88/122
- Record Id:
- 040-000676388
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000269
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/122
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1842
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include the conclusion of the William Henderson affair, general news about friends and family, and their concerns for Mountstuart Elphinstone's health. Includes a letter from Lord Elphinstone with news of the Kabul mission and Sir William Hay Macnaugten's murder, complete with copy letters and narratives (Mss Eur F88/122/1). Also has a letter from Sir James Graham offering Elphinstone a place on the commission newly established to undertake an investigation of the operation of existing Poor Laws in Scotland (Mss Eur F88/122/64) which he turns it down (Mss Eur F88/122/65). One letter, Mss Eur F88/122/103 is in Persian script (items in Persian are awaiting further investigation to determine their exact language)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000676388 - 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 F88/122 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1842 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/122/1 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing copy letters from…
Mss Eur F88/122/2 : Printed letter from WJ Eastwick at 22 Sloane Street, London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/3 : Letter from John Fullerton Elphinstone at Ford Farm, East Grinstead, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/4 : Letter from [William?] Havelock at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/5 : Letter from William Newhouse at Gloucester, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/6 : Letter from Mrs Mary Stewart-Mackenzie, Lady Hood, at Corfu, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/7 : Letter from George Norton at Madras, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/8 : Letter from John Wedderburn at Keith House (by Tranent), to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/9 : Letter from John A Murray at 11 Great Stuart Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/10 : Letter from Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/11 : Letter from David Erskine at Cardross, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/12 : Letter from JF Chinnery at the Customs Chambers at Lower Havers St, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing an account of…
Mss Eur F88/122/13 : Letter from Gloucester, to Mountstuart Elphinstone [author illegible]
Mss Eur F88/122/14 : Letter from Louisa Adam at 25 Dale Street, Leamington, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/15 : Letter from John Elphinstone Fleeming at Edinburgh, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/16 : Letter from George Norton at Madras, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/17 : Letter from Anne Foster at 128 Oxford Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/18 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Madras, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/19 : Letter from Archibald Robertson at India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/20 : Letter from Hadross Hotel, to Mountstuart Elphinstone [author illegible]
Mss Eur F88/122/21 : Letter from David Erskine at Cardross, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/22 : Letter from Mary Skinner at Kew, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/23 : Letter from Buy Chimmo on the Cornwallis, off Nanking, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/24 : Letter from Francis Warden at Inverary, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/122/25 : Letter from Michael Bruce at 5 Bentinck Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0055]/040-000676388
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 237 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1841
- End Date:
- 1843
- Date Range:
- 30 Dec 1841-19 Jan 1843
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 4 C13
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)