Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1856

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  • Reference
      GB 59 Mss Eur F88/174
  • Alternative Id.
      (ark) ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x0002a2
  • Dates of Creation
      01 Jan 1856-04 May 1856
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 file 193 folios

Scope and Content

Topics of correspondence include discussion of Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke's impending publication; Indian news from William Patrick Adam; and the death of Sir Henry Pottinger (Mss Eur F88/174/50). Letters from John Thornton Leslie-Melville discuss the death and funeral arrangements for his brother, William Henry Leslie-Melville, and the cadetships he had secured for certain young relatives of Mountstuart Elphinstone's

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