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Mss Eur F88/159
- Record Id:
- 040-000677737
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000673747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x00027f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F88/159
- Title:
- Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1850
- Scope & Content:
- Topics of correspondence include the deaths of Miss Anne Elphinstone (Mss Eur F88/20) and Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus (Mss Eur F88/159/36). Lord Elphinstone's correspondence confesses his debts due to the failure of his sugar plantations in Ceylon and he asks for his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone's assistance with them (Mss Eur F88/159/32). He discusses disentailing the Cumbernauld estate from John Elphinstone Fleeming as a way to deal with the debts (Mss Eur F88/159/33). He also comments on Missy's [Anne Elizabeth Elphinstone Fleeming] to William Cunninghame Bontine and his concerns over the suitability of the match due to the Bontine family reputation (Mss Eur F88/159/34). Also includes the usual requests for patronage and recommendation. Also includes draft answers by Elphinstone
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673220
036-000673285
037-000673747
040-000677737 - 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 F88/159 : Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1850 - Contains:
- Mss Eur F88/159/1 : Letter from Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke at 18 Park Lane, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/2 : Letter from Mrs Mary Stewart-Mackenzie, Lady Hood, at 27 Eaton Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/3 : Letter from Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke at London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/4 : Letter from Mrs Mary Stewart-Mackenzie, Lady Hood, at Avonbank, Pershore, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/5 : Letter from Manockjee Cursetjee at Villa Byculla, Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/6 : Letter from Charles MacFarlane at Burgate, Canterbury, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/7 : Letter from Hugh Atkinson at Bombay, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/8 : Letter from Mary Campbell to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/9 : Letter from General William Monteith at 47 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/10 : Letter from Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke at London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/11 : Letter from Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke at 18 Park Lane, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/12 : Letter from General William Monteith at 47 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/13 : Letter from Lady Francis Macnaghten at [Surrey] House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/14 : Letter from William Henry Leslie-Melville at 83 Harley Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/15 : Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone to Lady Frances Macnaghten
Mss Eur F88/159/16 : Letter from Mary Campbell to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/17 : Letter from Colonel H Smith at Sion Spring House, Clifton, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing a letter from Captain Davies…
Mss Eur F88/159/18 : Draft letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Hookwood, Limpsfield, to Colonel H Smith and Captain Davies
Mss Eur F88/159/19 : Letter from James Cunninghame Grant Duff at Eden [by Banff], to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/20 : Letter from John Fullerton Elphinstone at Ford Farm, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/21 : Letter from Captain JW Pringle to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/22 : Letter from Mary Campbell to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/23 : Letter from John Fullerton Elphinstone at Ford Farm, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/24 : Letter from Sir Henry Russell at Swallowfield, to Mountstuart Elphinstone
Mss Eur F88/159/25 : Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Drummond Castle, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone
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- 032-000673220[0002]/036-000673285[0003]/037-000673747[0077]/040-000677737
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F88
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file 152 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1851
- Date Range:
- 11 Jul 1850-03 Dec 1851
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Mss Eur F88 Box 5 A7
- 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