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Letter from Lord Elphinstone, Guindy, to Samuel Ford Whittingham, 1841 January 18 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
126797
Accession number
MA 22857
Creator
Elphinstone, John Elphinstone, Lord, 1807-1860.
Display Date
Guindy, India, 1841 January 18.
Description
1 item (8 pages) ; 22.6 x 18.6 cm
Notes
Marked "Private & Confidential" and addressed to him as "My dear Sir Samford."
Whittingham, Commander of the Madras Army, died suddenly on January 19, 1841.
Removed from vol. 1 of the St. Paul's Cathedral collection, a six-volume bound set of letters, portraits and prints related to the history of the cathedral.
Summary
Commenting on the instructions given to Colonel Monteith and the various measures to be taken for the defense of the troops stationed in India.