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Mss Eur F88/158
- Record Id:
- 040-000677681
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x00027e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/158
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1850
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include the death of Lord Jeffery and erecting a monument to him; concerns over Mountstuart Elphinstone's eyes and the correspondents' ill health; patronage (e.g. for Major Chisholm's son); opinions on the state of France (Mss Eur F88/158/37) and the latest Indian news (e.g. the successor to the King of Delhi to retain his title for the moment Mss Eur F88/158/39)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000677681 - 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 F88/158 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1850 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/158/1 : Letter from Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke at London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/2 : Letter from Manockjee Cursetjee at Villa Byculla, Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/3 : Draft note from Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding Mr J Howard Williams
Mss Eur F88/158/4 : Letter from George Turnbull at 16 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/5 : Letter from Mrs Hester Maria Elphinstone, Viscountess Keith at Bolsover Castle, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/6 : Letter from Major Robert H Close to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/7 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Edinburgh, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/8 : Letter from Major Robert H Close at 10 Montagu Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/9 : Letter from Mr [H] Fortescue at 25 Wilton Crescent, Belgrave Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/10 : Letter from Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke at the House of Commons, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/11 : Letter from Mrs Charlotte Davis at 17 [Oxford Square], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, with an enclosure about the…
Mss Eur F88/158/12 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Waterloo Hotel, to Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke
Mss Eur F88/158/13 : Letter from William Murray at 11 Great Stuart Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/14 : Copy letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Waterloo Hotel, to Major Hough
Mss Eur F88/158/15 : Letter from Charles MacFarlane at Burgate, Canterbury, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/16 : Letter from Hugh Atkinson at the Master Attendants Office, Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, with copy letters
Mss Eur F88/158/17 : Letter from General William Monteith at Rue de l'Union, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/18 : Letter from Sir Charles Adam at Greenwich Hospital, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/19 : Letter from Mrs Mary Stewart-Mackenzie, Lady Hood, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/20 : Letter from Sir Henry Russell at Swallowfield, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/21 : Letter from James Cunninghame Grant Duff at Eden by Banff, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/22 : Letter from Francis Whitworth Russell to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/23 : Letter from Pittville House, Cheltenham, to Mountstuart Elphinstone [author illegible - A MacDowell?]
Mss Eur F88/158/24 : Letter from William Henry Leslie-Melville at 83 Harley Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/158/25 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone to William Henry Leslie-Melville
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0076]/040-000677681
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 143 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 01 Jan 1850-01 Jul 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 5 A6
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)