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Mss Eur F88/125
- Record Id:
- 040-000676678
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x00026c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/125
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1844
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage; the death of James Erskine; and the election of new members of the Athenaeum Club. Also includes letters from Lord Prudhoe, General Galloway and William Butterworth Bayley which mainly deal with Mountstuart Elphinstone's assistance in gaining support for Edward William Lane's Arabic Lexicon/dictionary, the expenses for his return trip to Egypt, etc. Some of the letters have brief annotations by Elphinstone regarding his response
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000676678 - 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 F88/125 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1844 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/125/1 : Letter from John Jefferys to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/2 : Memos by Elphinstone, one written on a letter cover
Mss Eur F88/125/3 : Memo by Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/4 : Letter from Amelia Jackson at 17 Rue St. Jean, Boulogne, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/5 : Letter from W Pottinger at Stockport, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/6 : Letter from [John Sard?], secretary of the Shelter of the Homeless, at 15 Old Broad Gardens, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/7 : Letter from Lord J Prudhoe at Eaton Hall, Chester, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/8 : Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden by Banff, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/9 : Letter from William A Loch at Lincolns Inn, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/10 : Letter from General Archibald Galloway at India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/11 : Letter from Colin Mackenzie at 20 Norfolk Crescent, Hyde Park, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/12 : Letter from Mrs Maria Mill at Cambridge, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/13 : Letter from John Cotton at East India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/14 : Letter from Amelia Jackson at 17 Rue St. Jean, Boulogne, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/15 : Letter from Alexander Oliphant Murray, 9th Lord Elibank at 1 Oxford Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/16 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at the Albany, to John Cotton
Mss Eur F88/125/17 : Letter from 55 Margaret Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone [author illegible - V Portans?]
Mss Eur F88/125/18 : Letter from [JW??] Sleigh at Shirley House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/19 : Letter from John Wood at River Cottage, Middle Lane, Hornsey to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/20 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at the Albany, to Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe
Mss Eur F88/125/21 : Letter from Alexander Oliphant Murray, 9th Lord Elibank at 1 Oxford Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/22 : Letter from Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland and Baron Prudhoe [Lord Prudhoe] at Eaton Hall, Chester, to…
Mss Eur F88/125/23 : Letter from JR Colvin at 94 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/24 : Letter from William Monteith at the Oriental Club, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/125/25 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Edinburgh, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0058]/040-000676678
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 166 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1843
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 01 Aug 1843-30 Apr 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 4 C16
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)