Topics of correspondence include requests for patronage and recommendation; the financial situation in India (see John Milne's letters); Charles Grant's recommendation for Mountstuart Elphinstone for the Order of Bank, which Elphinstone turns down (Mss Eur F88/91/8 and Mss Eur F88/91/9); the Elphinstone Professorships and the education of Indian natives in general (Mss Eur F88/91/26, Mss Eur F88/91/47 and Mss Eur F88/91/49); and correspondence with William Erskine regarding his work on the life of Robert Clive with the help of Sir John Malcolm's manuscript (Mss Eur F88/91/15 and Mss Eur F88/91/28). Part of one letter, Mss Eur F88/91/20, is in Persian (items in Persian are awaiting further investigation to determine their exact language)
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834
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- Dates of Creation06 Jan 1834-31 Dec 1834
- Language of MaterialEnglish Persian
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