Topics of correspondence include requests for recommendation and patronage. Also includes comments on Lord Robert Clive's memoirs (see letters from William Erskine); the case of John Pollard Willoughby and Colonel Ballantine, who was found guilty of gross neglect of duty and dishonour (Mss Eur F88/96/2); comments on the Elphinstone College by Professor Arthur Bedford Orlebar; and the politics of the day (for example, the Corn Laws and the Reform Bill). Four letters, Mss Eur F88/96/36, Mss Eur F88/96/43, Mss Eur F88/96/48 and Mss Eur F88/96/53, are in French
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1835
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- Dates of Creation[Dec] 1830-13 Mar 1836
- Language of MaterialEnglish French
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