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Mss Eur F88/135
- Record Id:
- 040-000677288
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000277
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/135
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1848
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include Mrs Robertson's (widow of Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson) memorial concerning her late husband's claims to the Deccan Booty (Mss Eur F88/135/17); Lord Elphinstone's request to be recommended for the post of Governor of Bombay (for example, Mss Eur F88/135/5); Hay M Erskine's appointment to the living of Woburn (for example Mss Eur F88/135/21); and an account of a sighting of King Louis Philippe (Mss Eur F88/135/39). Some of the letters have brief annotations by Mountstuart 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
040-000677288 - 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 F88/135 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1848 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/135/1 : Letter from William Leveson Gower at Titsey Park, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/2 : Letter from John M Lindsey at 10 Melville [Street], Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/3 : Letter from Mrs Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith at 110 Piccadilly, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/4 : Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton Tovey-Tennent at Stanmore, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/5 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at London, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/6 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Hookwood, Limpsfield, to Sir John Hobhouse
Mss Eur F88/135/7 : Letter from Mrs Rachel Welland at 6 Dorset Place, Dorset Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/8 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Hookwood, to [Chintaman] Rao
Mss Eur F88/135/9 : Letter from John Murray at Albemarle Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/10 : Letter from John Murray at Albemarle Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/11 : Letter from Reverend James Reynolds at Ilford, Essex, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/12 : Letter from William Leveson Gower at Titsey Park, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/13 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/14 : Letter from Sir Charles Adam at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/15 : Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/16 : Letter from Mrs Rachel Welland to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/17 : Letter from Colonel William Henry Sykes at India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/18 : Letter from Mrs Clementina Anstruther Thomson at 13 Castle Street, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/19 : Letter from Miss Mary Sully Creasy at 15 Halkin Street West, Belgrave Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/20 : Letter from William Leveson Gower at Titsey Park, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/21 : Letter from John Erskine at 38 Clarges Street, Piccadilly, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/22 : Letter from Hay M Erskine at Forthampton, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/23 : Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/24 : Letter from Mohan Lal at Soodianah, India, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/135/25 : Letter from Mrs Maria Mill at Park Village East, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0069]/040-000677288
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 149 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 01 Jan 1848-30 Mar 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 4 E26
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)