Topics of correspondence include the Deccan prize money (Mss Eur F88/100/17); Mountstuart Elphinstone's recommendation for Colonel Hamilton Tovey-Tennent for the companionship for the Order of Bath (Mss Eur F88/100/18); an appeal for relief to help those suffering from a fire in Surat (Mss Eur F88/100/15); John A Murray's suggestion that Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming be made Governor of Greenwich Hopsital if the position becomes vacant (Mss Eur F88/100/27); and a dispute made by Captain Pottinger over the contents of Captain Burnes' account of his travels which he believes are based on his own journals (Mss Eur F88/100/36). Also includes account statements from Crawford, Colvin & Co and Ramsay, Bonars & Co and letters from Lord Elphinstone, describing how he is settling in his new post as Governor of Madras (Mss Eur F88/100/23 and Mss Eur F88/100/29). Five letters, Mss Eur F88/100/4, Mss Eur F88/100/10, Mss Eur F88/100/26, Mss Eur F88/100/41 and Mss Eur F88/100/51, are in Italian. Four letters, or part of, are in French - Mss Eur F88/100/21, Mss Eur F88/100/22, Mss Eur F88/100/30 and Mss Eur F88/42
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for 1837
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- Dates of Creation18 May 1836-20 Jul 1838
- Language of MaterialEnglish Italian French
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