Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1842

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Topics of correspondence includes general news from friends and family, such as the state of James Erskine's health and Mountstuart Elphinstone's trip to Rome. However, the main focus of the correspondence of the failed mission to Kabul and the retreat to Jalalabad (a detailed account is provided in Mss Eur F88/121/1), with comments made particularly by Lord Elphinstone on the reasonings behind the events and the death of high-commanding army officers and diplomats like Major General William Elphinstone and Sir William Hay Macnaughten. Three letters, Mss Eur F88/121/13, Mss Eur F88/121/45 and Mss Eur F88/121/47, are in Italian; one, Mss Eur F88/121/46, is in French; and part of a letter, Mss Eur F88/121/7, is in Persian (items in Persian are awaiting further investigation to determine their exact language)

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Elphinstone Collection (2): Private Papers, Correspondence and Journals of Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Bengal Civil Service from 1795, Envoy to Afghanistan 1808-09, Resident at Poona 1810-17, Commisioner for territories annexed to Bombay 1817-19, Governor of Bombay 1819-27Mss Eur F88

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Journals 1801-1859; and miscellaneous papersMss Eur F88 Series 1

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relativesMss Eur F88 Series 2

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Juvenile letters and correspondence with familyMss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 1

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives whilst in IndiaMss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 2

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives at homeMss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 3

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for November to December 1827Mss Eur F88/69

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1828Mss Eur F88/70

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1828Mss Eur F88/71

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to May 1829Mss Eur F88/72

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for June to August 1829Mss Eur F88/73

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1829Mss Eur F88/74

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830Mss Eur F88/75

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830Mss Eur F88/76

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830Mss Eur F88/77

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1830Mss Eur F88/78

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831Mss Eur F88/79

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831Mss Eur F88/80

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1831Mss Eur F88/81

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832Mss Eur F88/82

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832Mss Eur F88/83

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832Mss Eur F88/84

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1832: India BoardMss Eur F88/154

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1833Mss Eur F88/85

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1833Mss Eur F88/86

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1833Mss Eur F88/87

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: the Bombay ProfessorshipsMss Eur F88/88

Correspondence and papers of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1833-1834: erecting a monument to Sir John MalcolmMss Eur F88/155

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834Mss Eur F88/89

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834Mss Eur F88/90

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834Mss Eur F88/91

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1834Mss Eur F88/92

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835Mss Eur F88/94

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835: Committee on Indian PrecedencyMss Eur F88/156

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835Mss Eur F88/95

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835Mss Eur F88/96

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1836Mss Eur F88/97

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1836Mss Eur F88/98

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1836Mss Eur F88/99

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1837Mss Eur F88/100

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1837Mss Eur F88/101

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1837Mss Eur F88/102

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1838Mss Eur F88/103

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1838Mss Eur F88/104

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1838Mss Eur F88/105

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: 'The History of India'Mss Eur F88/106

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: private correspondence with Francis Jeffrey, Lord JeffreyMss Eur F88/108

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: miscellaneous letters and papersMss Eur F88/109

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839Mss Eur F88/110

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839Mss Eur F88/111

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839Mss Eur F88/112

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1839Mss Eur F88/113

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1840Mss Eur F88/114

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: the appointment of Head Master to Madras High SchoolMss Eur F88/115

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to August 1840Mss Eur F88/116

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1840Mss Eur F88/117

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1841Mss Eur F88/118

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1841Mss Eur F88/119

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1841Mss Eur F88/120

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1842Mss Eur F88/121

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1842Mss Eur F88/122

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1843Mss Eur F88/123

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1843Mss Eur F88/124

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1844Mss Eur F88/125

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to December 1844Mss Eur F88/126

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: from Coutts & Co, and the Western BankMss Eur F88/189

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to May 1845Mss Eur F88/127

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for June to December 1845Mss Eur F88/128

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1846Mss Eur F88/129

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: the appointment of a second master to the Madras High SchoolMss Eur F88/130

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: regarding ParkhurstMss Eur F88/131

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1847Mss Eur F88/132

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to July 1847Mss Eur F88/133

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for August to December 1847Mss Eur F88/134

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1848Mss Eur F88/135

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1848Mss Eur F88/136

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1848Mss Eur F88/137

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1849Mss Eur F88/138

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to June 1849Mss Eur F88/139

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1849Mss Eur F88/140

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: miscellaneous lettersMss Eur F88/152

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to June 1850Mss Eur F88/158

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for July to December 1850Mss Eur F88/159

Correspondence Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1851Mss Eur F88/160

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1851Mss Eur F88/161

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September 1851 to March 1852Mss Eur F88/162

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1852Mss Eur F88/163

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1852Mss Eur F88/164

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1853Mss Eur F88/165

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for April to August 1853Mss Eur F88/166

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1853Mss Eur F88/167

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1854Mss Eur F88/168

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to September 1854Mss Eur F88/169

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for October to December 1854Mss Eur F88/170

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1855Mss Eur F88/171

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to July 1855Mss Eur F88/172

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for October to December 1855Mss Eur F88/173

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1856Mss Eur F88/174

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to August 1856Mss Eur F88/175

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1856Mss Eur F88/176

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1856-1858Mss Eur F88/157

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1857Mss Eur F88/177

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone: voting for John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at the Peers ElectionMss Eur F88/182

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to September 1857Mss Eur F88/178

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for September to December 1857Mss Eur F88/179

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1858Mss Eur F88/180

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for March to May 1858Mss Eur F88/181

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for June to September 1858Mss Eur F88/183

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for October to December 1858Mss Eur F88/184

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to April 1859Mss Eur F88/185

Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for May to November 1859Mss Eur F88/186

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Correspondence containing applications for moneyMss Eur F88 Series 2 Sub-series 4

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Private and semi-official letters and papers, chiefly on Indian affairsMss Eur F88 Series 3

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Private and semi-official letters, chiefly on Indian affairsMss Eur F88 Series 4

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Private letters, chiefly on Indian affairs 1820-1827Mss Eur F88 Series 5

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Draft answers to letters, 1815-1827Mss Eur F88 Series 6

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Official references, recommendations and applications for appointments to Indian service 1816-1827Mss Eur F88 Series 7

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Papers relating to his publication, 'The History of India'Mss Eur F88 Series 8

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Draft minutes as Governor of BombayMss Eur F88 Series 9

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Papers relating to his mission to Kabul 1808-1809; and other papers relating to the history of Afghanistan and Central AsiaMss Eur F88 Series 10

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Indian papers 1799-1859Mss Eur F88 Series 11

Mountstuart Elphinstone: Miscellaneous home papers from c 1831; and accounts and bills, 1808-1859Mss Eur F88 Series 12