Letters, and typed transcripts of letters, of Mountstuart Elphinstone, mostly to William Erskine, the historian of India.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.5.15-28.5.16
Scope and Contents
The letters concern Indian, Turki and Persian literature, philology and geography, with special reference to Erskine`s translation of Bābar`s Memoirs, and Elphinstone`s ‘Account of the Kingdom of Cabul’. There are very few references to current events, but a small number of letters to Elphinstone are included (Adv.MS.28.5.15, folio 183) which concern the administration of justice in India.
Dates
- Creation: 1811-1834.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (2 volumes.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The letters were presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1919 by Mrs Henry Beveridge, Haslemere.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Elphinstone, Mountstuart. ‘Account of the Kingdom of Cabul’ (London, 1815).
Some of the letters were published in ‘Life of the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone’ by T E Colebrooke (London, 1884).
Some of the letters were published in ‘Life of the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone’ by T E Colebrooke (London, 1884).
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 03 07 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk