Correspondence of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto, and Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. 1807-1812.

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Correspondence of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto, and Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. 1807-1812.

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Comprises correspondence between Minto and Dundas (73 letters, including 39 copy letters); two letters from Lady Minto to Dundas requesting information about her husband in India; a letter from Lord Clancarty to Dundas; 6 other letters from either Minto or Dundas; and a copy of a proclamation to the inhabitants of Java dated 14 March 1811 in the name of Thomas Raffles.

83 items held in 3 boxes, manuscript.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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SNAC Resource ID: 7683267

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851

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