Papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone

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Comprises papers connected with the administration of Bombay; the appointment of Mr Gray and Dr Christopher Kane to the Mint, 1821; distribution of the Army in 1822; Suttees; and recommendations by Major Hamilton Tovey [Tennent] on staff, camp equipage, invalid establishments, etc. Includes notes, letters, extracts, memorandums, etc., by Major Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Major Williams, Francis Warden, William Chaplin, Colonel William Brooks, Major Edward H Bellassis, John Wedderburn and Colonel L Stanhope. Also includes a list of papers (although some are wanting). Contains several large, folded folios (folios 51, 78-79, 87-88, 96-97 and 173-174)

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