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Mss Eur F88/127
- Record Id:
- 040-000676839
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x00026f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/127
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to May 1845
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include concerns over the ill health of Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe (Mss Eur F88/127/2 and Mss Eur F88/127/6) and the death of General Christopher Fagan (Mss Eur F88/127/18); the case of Mohan Lal (Mss Eur F88/127/19 and Mss Eur F88/127/21); the news of Miss Clementina Elphinstone Fleeming's marriage; the appointment of Archdeacon Thomas Robinson to the Mastership of the Temple; and Lord Elphinstone's losses in the sugar crops (for example, Mss Eur F88/127/72). Also includes a request from George Norton for Mountstuart Elphinstone's assistance in finding a second Master for Madras High School (Mss Eur F88/127/44). 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
040-000676839 - 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 F88/127 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to May 1845 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/127/1 : Letter from Mrs Catalina Paulina Elphinstone Fleeming to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/2 : Letter from JS [Brownrigg] at 8 Austin Friars, London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/3 : Letter from Mrs Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith at 110 Piccadilly, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/4 : Letter from Colonel John E Cairnes at London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/5 : Letter from Mrs Mary Stewart-Mackenzie, Lady Hood, at [Kirkwood?], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/6 : Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden by Banff, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing cuttings of poems
Mss Eur F88/127/7 : Letter from Major Robert E Burrowes at Backwell near Bristol, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/8 : Letter from Colonel John E Cairnes at London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/9 : Letter from Mohan Lal at 53 Manchester Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/10 : Letter from William Erskine at 3 Chester Terrace, Chester Square, London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/11 : Letter from Mohan Lal at 53 Manchester Street, London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/12 : Letter from Major Robert E Burrowes at Backwell near Bristol, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/13 : Letter from Captain R Lloyd at Chester, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/14 : Letter from William Henry Leslie-Melville at 3 Arlington Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/15 : Letter from Sir Frederick William Adam at Leamington, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/16 : Letter from William Erskine at 3 Chester Terrace, Chester Square, London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/17 : Letter from Lord John Fullerton at Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/18 : Letter from William Henry Leslie-Melville at 3 Arlington Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/19 : Letter from Henry Willock at East India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/20 : Letter from William Henry Leslie-Melville at 3 Arlington Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/21 : Letter from Francis Warden at East India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/22 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Colombo, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/23 : Letter from George McIntosh at Norfolk, Virginia, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/24 : Letter from Anne Elphinstone to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/127/25 : Letter from Catherine D Colville at 8 Albyn Place, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0061]/040-000676839
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 210 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1845
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 01 Jan 1845-31 May 1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 4 C18
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Material:
- More information about John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone's losses in the sugar crops can be found within his collection of private papers in Mss Eur F87