Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General in Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Letter regarding the already visible benefits of the new regime of discipline that Pelly has been enforcing in Rajpootana [Rajasthan]; and arranging for the two of them to meet in Agra.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Office, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General in Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Letter informing Pelly that the Viceroy concurs with him that it would be inexpedient and unnecessary to raise the question of the restoration of the Chittore Gates with the Maharajah of Oodeypore [Udaipur]; and regarding a paragraph on the matter which has appeared in the Pioneer and which must...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Office, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Letter in response to a letter Pelly wrote as Officiating Chief Commissioner of Ajmere [Ajmer] regarding the alteration of the rates of payment of the Government revenue by the Thakoors (nobility) of the Ajmere district. Pelly had proposed to fix the collection of the rates on the public and K...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Brief note asking Pelly to submit his opinions on an unspecified matter.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Camp to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Letter regarding the giving of 'utter and pau' by both the Viceroy and Foreign Secretary and the different classes of Chiefs who are entitled to receive it.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Letter regarding a recent illness which Pelly is recovering from, which had concerned his friends as the symptons had been similar to those of jungle fever, and suggesting he return to England with Aitchison in April to recover. The letter goes on to discuss a proposal by Pelly for a Confidenti...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Letter informing Pelly that the Governor-General had been asking after his health and when he intended on going on leave; that Aitchison had informed him how matters stood in Rajpootana [Rajasthan] and of the medical adviser's recommendation that three months leave would be succifient time for h...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the Aitchison's departing for Scotland that evening and providing Pelly with their address whilst there; a meeting with Sir Bartle Frere; and the fact he will have to go back to the India Office on his return from Scotland as there is much work to be done.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Clement Park, Lochee, Dundee to Lewis Pelly
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Letter providing Pelly with the details of the trains from London to Edinburgh and the onward trains to Dundee so that Pelly can come and stay with them. A postscript to the letter contains a further invitiation for Pelly to visit issued by Mr and Mrs Cox, Beatrice Aitchison's parents, with wh...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Umballa to Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked private, regarding the Viceroy's decision to replace Pelly at Baroda which was taken out of concern for Pelly's health and over the effect that Pelly suddenly being taken ill during proceedings there could potentially have. The letter also gives Aitchison's opinions on the policy ...
