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Mss Eur F88/126
- Record Id:
- 040-000676756
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x00026d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/126
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to December 1844
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include Mountstuart Elphinstone finding a suitable place to live; an accusation of indecent behaviour made by a female servant who had left Elphinstone's service, against his manservant (Mss Eur F88/126/31); discussions of ill health and symptons; and requests for recommendation and patronage. 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
040-000676756 - 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 F88/126 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to December 1844 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/126/1 : Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/2 : Letter from A Gordon at Hotel Sivet, Faubourg Saint Honoré, Paris, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/3 : Letter from Ralph Macartney at Holywood, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/4 : Letter from James Denis DeVitre at the Oriental Club, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/5 : Letter from Lord John Murray at Thomas Hotel, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/6 : Letter from John A St John at 9 North Bank, St Johns Wood, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing a proposal for the…
Mss Eur F88/126/7 : Letter from John Wood at 19 Royal Circus, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/8 : Letter from Robert Rollo Knott at Eton Book Warehouse, 5 Bridge Street, Blackfriars, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/9 : Letter from JR Colvin at 94 Oxford Terrace, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/10 : Letter from John A St John at 9 North Bank, St Johns Wood, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/11 : Letter from Colonel John Low at West Coates House, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/12 : Letter from George Turnbull at 16 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/13 : Letter from Robert Rollo Knott at Eton Book Warehouse, 5 Bridge Street, Blackfriars, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/14 : Letter from A Gordon at Boulogne, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/15 : Letter from Miss Catherine Sinclair at 133 George Street, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/16 : Letter from Captain Swanston at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land [Tasmania], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/17 : Letter from George Turnbull at 16 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/18 : Letter from the Atheneaum Club, to Mountstuart Elphinstone [author illegible - Mangles?]
Mss Eur F88/126/19 : Letter from A Gordon at Boulogne, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/20 : Letter from Sir Henry Russell at Swallowfield, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/21 : Letter from Samuel Thornton at Rodwells, Bond Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/22 : Letter from John Furneaux at Swilly, Plymouth, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/23 : Letter from M Cassidy at 14 Leadenhall Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/24 : Letter from Mrs S Marion Gillespie at Bromley, Kent, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/126/25 : Letter from Hay M Erskine at Forthampton, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0059]/040-000676756
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 191 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 07 May 1844-31 Dec 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 4 C17
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)