Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's illness whilst visiting Muscat, and expressing Merewether's regret that Pelly could not come to Kurrachee [Karachi] to rest and recover there. The letter also discusses the recent death of [Sidney?] Smith, who had been serving as an Assistant to Pelly in the Persian Gul...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Jacobabad to Lewis Pelly
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Letter congratulating Pelly on his settlement of the Bahrein [Bahrain] question before discussing the latest complications being caused by Colonel Robert Phayre's and Captain Robert Sandeman's intereference which has resulted in the Government of India having to become involved in Khelat [Kalāt]...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Jacobabad to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the copies of Pelly's proceedings at Bahrein [Bahrain] which he had sent to Merewether; the ongoing difficulties Merewether has had over the preceeding three years with Colonel Robert Phayre including how they have led to the most recent rebellion in Khelat [Kelat] which have fi...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Merewether's recent visit to Bombay where he met with the new Governor (Philip Edmond Wodehouse) and the new Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook), and his thoughts on the new Viceroy. The letter goes on to cite a formal letter from the Governor in Council regar...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter discussing the recent turn of events in Kelat which was caused by the lingering effects of Colonel Robert Phayre's intereference there and more recent attempts by Captain Robert Sandeman to interfere with the internal affairs and management of the area, as well as detailing Merewether's p...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly coming to Kurrachee [Karachi] at the end of the month, and Merewether's fears that he will be too late to go to Simlah [Simla] as the Viceroy is rumoured to be departing there for the Punjab on the 13 October, before coming on to Kurrachee in early November and then to Bom...
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding ongoing affairs in Kelat and detailing Major Robert Sandeman's actions with Merewether believes are 'destroying all confidence by the people of Beloochistan [Baluchistan] in our frontier' and breaking the country up into factions.
Letters from Sir Charles Umpherston and Lady Beatrice Aitchison to Lewis Pelly
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File of demi-official and personal correspondence from Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison and his wife Lady Beatrice Lyall Aitichison to Lewis Pelly discussing both work and personal matters. The first nineteen letters, covering folios 2-58, were written during the Aitchison's time in India 1872-...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Aboo [Abu], Agent to the Governor General at Rajpootana [Rajasthan] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Secretary, Government of India
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Draft letter regarding a recent affair which has upset Pelly in which unofficial letters from Aitchison had been used in an attempt to conclude official business relating to two Indian states and that those involved had attempted to get Pelly to re-open a matter which had already been concluded ...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to John Cheape Brooke
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Brief letter informing Brook that the Maharaj Rana of Jhallawar [Jhalawar] is entitled to adopt a son as all other Chiefs in Rajpootana [Rajasthan] are.
