Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1848

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  • Reference
      GB 59 Mss Eur F88/135
  • Alternative Id.
      (ark) ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000277
  • Dates of Creation
      01 Jan 1848-30 Mar 1848
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 file 149 folios

Scope and 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

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