Correspondence Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to March 1851

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  • Reference
      GB 59 Mss Eur F88/160
  • Alternative Id.
      (ark) ark:/81055/vdc_100000001006.0x000280
  • Dates of Creation
      01 Jan 1851-31 Mar 1851
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 file 138 folios

Scope and Content

Topics of correspondence include comments on the state of the French government in letters by General William Monteith (Mss Eur F88/160/17 and Mss Eur F88/160/22) and the crisis within the British government and the attempts to resolve it in letters by Lord Elphinstone (Mss Eur F88/160/27-29, Mss Eur F88/160/32-33 and Mss Eur F88/160/41-43). Charles MacFarlane writes about his concerns over his son going to India and there is also a letter of introduction by Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy to two Parsee gentlemen as well as general news from friends and family. Some of the letters have brief annotations by Mountstuart Elphinstone regarding his response

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