Letter from James Erskine at Bombay, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing a prospectus for Captain Harris and his paintings of Africa

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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

List of books sent to William ErskineMss Eur F88/104/1

Letter from Thorl Gudin Repp at Copenhagen, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/2

Copy letters between William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay and James Bird, Secretary of Elphinstone CollegeMss Eur F88/104/3

Letter from Virginie Seton to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/4

Letter from James Erskine at Bombay, to his uncle Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing a prospectus for Captain Harris and his paintings of AfricaMss Eur F88/104/5

Letter from Robert Pitman at Cheltenham, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/6

Letter from R Willis at Bombay, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/7

Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden by Banff, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/8

Letter from Henry Howell at Broad Street, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing three copy letters from Charles Tennant to William Carr, Lord Auckland and Baboo Janokee DossMss Eur F88/104/9

Letter from Professor Horce Hayman Wilson at East India House, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/10

Letter from Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus at Addiscombe House, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/11

Letter from Lady Charlotte Malcolm at St Leonards on Sea, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/12

Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Brighton, to John Elphinstone, 13th Lord ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/13

Letter from Mrs Mary Elizabeth Thornton Hore [Ruthven] at Harperstown, to her cousin Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/14

Letter from Eleanor Begbie at Green Street, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/15

Letter from London, to Mountstuart Elphinstone [author illegible - C Campanau?]Mss Eur F88/104/16

Letter from Wilhelmina Hore at Petersham, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/17

Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at Brighton [addressee unknown]Mss Eur F88/104/18

Letter from A Gordon at Boulogne, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/19

Letter from Thorl Gudin Repp at Copenhagen, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/20

Letter from James [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/21

Letter from Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus at Addiscombe House, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/22

Letter from James Bird at Bombay, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/23

Letter from H Smith at Sheerness, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/24

Letter from JG Wilkinson [the Egyptologist] at Conduit Street, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/25

Letter from John Washington, secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/26

Letter from the Institut Historique in Paris, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/27

Letter from John Fullerton at Edinburgh, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/28

Letter from Francis Warden at East India House, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/29

Letter from John Fitzgibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare at Belgrave Square, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/30

Letter from Eleanor Begbie at Leamington, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/31

Letter from DE [David Erskine] at Edinburgh, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/32

Draft letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone at the Albany [addressee unknown - Mary Rich?]Mss Eur F88/104/33

Letter from William Erskine at St Andrews, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/34

Letter from DE [David Erskine?] at Edinburgh, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/35

Letter from Charlotte Davis at Hampstead, to her cousin Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/36

Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Madras, to his uncle Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/37

Letter from Richard Jenkins at India House, to Mountstuart Elphinstone, enclosing a letter from Lord WellesleyMss Eur F88/104/38

Letter from Theodore Pritzler at Boulogne sur Mer, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/39

Letter from John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone at Conjeevaram, to his uncle Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/40

Letter from J [Cunninghame] Grant Duff at Eden by Banff, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/41

Letter from William Erskine at St Andrews, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/42

Letter from William Erskine at St Andrews, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/43

Letter from William Erskine at St Andrews, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/44

Letter from John Arrowsmith to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/45

Letter from Major Robert E Burrowes to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/46

Letter from Major Robert E Burrowes to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/47

Letter from Mary Rich at Notting Hill, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/48

Letter from Mary Rich to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/49

Letter from Charles Walter at Devonshire Place, to Mountstuart ElphinstoneMss Eur F88/104/50

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