Letter from Robert Lambert Playfair, Zanzibar to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding his recent tour of Mozambique and the Comores [Comoros] and giving news of Mr Finley who has been made to resign his consulate by Earl Russell. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's position in Bushire, Playfair's intention to remain in Zanzibar for a few years and his hopes o...
Letters to Lewis Pelly from Individuals in Britain and India
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The correspondence relates to three main periods of Lewis Pelly's life: his work in India as Agent to the Governor-General, Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and subsequently at Baroda 1870-1877; his return to England in 1877 and marriage to Amy Henrietta Lowder, 1 August 1878; and his desire for re-employ...
Letter from Thomas Henry Sanderson, Foreign Office to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter making arrangements for Pelly to see Lord Derby (Edward Stanley, 15th Earl Derby, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) at the Foreign Office on 9 May 1874.
Letter from Thomas Henry Sanderson, Foreign Office to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter informing Pelly that Lord Derby (Edward Stanley, 15th Earl Derby, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) has been summoned to the cabinet at 3pm (when Pelly had been due to see him) and suggesting he call there at 2.30pm instead.
Letter from Horace George Walpole, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter informing Pelly that the Secretary of State for India (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury) will be happy to present him at the Royal Levée on 1 June 1874.
Letter from J S Townsend, The Manchester Guardian, 9 Northumberland Street, Strand, London to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter thanking Pelly for a list of his public services he had sent in, and amending the time at which they are to meet the following day.
Letter from George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, Department of the Reporter on the Products of India, India Office, London to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter, marked confidential, informing Pelly that his (Birdwood)'s authority for Tehran had come from an India Office official and that the 'gossiping old Indian' had been spreading the Bombay report.
Draft letter from Lewis Pelly, Windham Club, St James's Square, London to Adolphus Warburton Moore (Assistant Secretary to the Political and Secret Department, India Office)
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Letter informing Moore that following the note from the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook) of 23 September 1875 he intends to remain in England until November 1876 unless otherwise instructed.
