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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/84, ff 2-13
Title:: 1875. Baroda. Notes as to Bombay Govt.
Scope & Content:: Five letters from representatives of the Bombay Government to Lewis Pelly discussing affairs in Baroda: Letter from C Currey, Bombay to Sir Lewis Pelly, 7 January 1875, apologising that he was unable to visit Baroda as he was recalled to Bombay a day early. The letter goes on to ask whether the ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Jan 1875-21 Jan 1875
Extent:: 10 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/84, ff 14-39
Title:: Correspondence with Officials in Calcutta
Scope & Content:: Letters from Government of India Officials and the Viceroy's Private Secretary's Office: Letter from William Muir, Financial Department, Government of India to Sir Lewis Pelly, 23 December 1874, regarding Opium including its revenue, cultivation throughout the empire and the need to prevent its ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Nov 1874-21 Feb 1875
Extent:: 26 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/84, ff 40-47
Title:: The Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:: Correspondence with the Governor of Bombay, Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse: Letter from Sir Philip Wodehouse, Parell, to Sir Lewis Pelly, 1 December 1874, regarding an alternative solution for Baroda, to include: Colonel Robert Phayre being removed from his post and replaced by someone appointed by...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Nov 1874-1 Dec 1874
Extent:: 8 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/84, ff 48-51
Title:: 'Threatening Letters'
Scope & Content:: Death threat made towards the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Sir Lewis Pelly, Mr Frank Henry Souter, Khan Bahadoor Acbar Ali [Akbar 'Ali Khan Bahadur] and Rao Sahib Gujanand Withul, in relation to the Baroda Proclamation and the deposition of the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malh...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jan 1875
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/85
Title:: Copies of official correspondence, proclamations and telegrams relating to Baroda
Scope & Content:: Copies of official telegrams and correspondence relating to the proclamation by Government of the arrest of the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malharrao) on suspicion of the attempted murder of Colonel Robert Phayre; the Commission's relocation to Bombay in March 1875; its conclusions which differed between...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 13 Jan 1875-31 Mar 1875
Extent:: 1 file, 22 items (47 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/85, f 8
Title:: 'Statement of Offences imputed by the Government of India to His Highness Mulhar Rao Guikwar and to be enquired into by Special Commission'
Scope & Content:: The statement details the four offences which His Highness Mulhar Rao [Malharrao] Guikwar [Gaekwad] is accused of: That His Highness, through agents and in person, held secret communications for improper purposes with some of the servants employed by Colonel Phayre, the Resident at Baroda. That ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [15 Jan 1875]
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/85, f 9
Title:: Letter No. 316 P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, the Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William [Calcutta] to Lewis Pelly, the Agent to the Governor General and Special Commissioner, Baroda
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding letter No 150 A P which explains the nature of the enquiry that the commission will be undertaking and stating that general political questions regarding Baroda will be irrelevant to it. The letter also states that references to any such questions, or production of documents rel...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jan 1875
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/85, f 10
Title:: Copy of service telegram No. 298 P from the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
Scope & Content:: Telegram regarding a request from the Guikwar [Gaekwar]'s defence for more time to prepare their case and outlining which statements taken by Colonel Phayre they may be supplied with, and which parts of his letters cannot be made available. The telegram also instructs Pelly that a reply to Jef...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Jan 1875
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/85, f 11
Title:: Letter No.302P from Frederick Henvey, the Officiating Under Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William to Lewis Pelly, the Agent to the Governor General and Special Commissioner at Baroda
Scope & Content:: Brief letter informing Pelly that the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) approves of his proceedings contained within a letter to the Advocate General at Bombay (Andrew Scoble) and a yad? to the address of His Highness Mulhar Rao Guicowar [Gaekwar].
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jan 1875
Extent:: 1 folio

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/85, f 12
Title:: Copy of a service telegram from the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
Scope & Content:: Telegram informing Pelly that accommodation would be required for the Chiefs of Scindia (Jayaji Rao Scindia) and Jeypore [Jaipur] (Sawai Ram Singh II) as well as for all the members of the Baroda Commission.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 Feb 1875
Extent:: 1 folio

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