Topics of correspondence include concerns over the ill health of Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe (Mss Eur F88/127/2 and Mss Eur F88/127/6) and the death of General Christopher Fagan (Mss Eur F88/127/18); the case of Mohan Lal (Mss Eur F88/127/19 and Mss Eur F88/127/21); the news of Miss Clementina Elphinstone Fleeming's marriage; the appointment of Archdeacon Thomas Robinson to the Mastership of the Temple; and Lord Elphinstone's losses in the sugar crops (for example, Mss Eur F88/127/72). Also includes a request from George Norton for Mountstuart Elphinstone's assistance in finding a second Master for Madras High School (Mss Eur F88/127/44). Some of the letters have brief annotations by Elphinstone regarding his response
Correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone for January to May 1845
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- Dates of Creation01 Jan 1845-31 May 1845
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