Letter from Alfred Cotton Way, Muscat to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the home (British) government's rules on furniture and his wife's recent concerns over their son Alfred who had been suffering from gastric fever (Typhoid).
Letter from Lord Northbrook, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that his recent address at Ajmer had been very good as had his response to the Taloohdass in regards to their revenue settlement, which he had resolved. The letter goes on to inform Pelly that the cost of residences for masters at Mayo College should be taken from the Gov...
Letter from Lord Northbrook, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Lord Northbrook's forthcoming visit to Agra which has been postponed by a week and his request that any Chiefs coming to see him there be put to as little expense as possible. The letter also discusses the definition of a Native as laid down in Act of Parliament and which was a...
Letter from Oliver St John, 49 Victoria Road, Kensington, London to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter congratulating Pelly on his departure from the Persian Gulf and his new appointment in Rajputana [Rājasthān]. The letter goes on to discuss St John's forthcoming plans; Reuters's interest in Russia and Northern Persia, and not Southern Persia, being his reason for not pursuing any oppor...
Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Foreign Office, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, CSI, Officiating Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding arrangements for the Viceroy (Lord Northbrook)'s arrival in Agra and further arrangements for the elephant procession.
Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Foreign Department, Government of India to Colonel Lewis Pelly, CSI, Officiating Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding the Chiefs of Nuzzur, Pesheust and Khillat who have been invited to attend the Durbah in Agra and the arrangements that needed to be made for them to attend including provisions for Horses and Elephants. The verso of folio twenty-five gives a breakdown of the costs involved in ...
Letter from William Howell Beynon, Jeypour [Jaipur] to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding Lewis Pelly's forthcoming visit to Jeypour and arrangements for greeting the Maharaja. The letter also submits a request from the Maharaja for his sons to be permitted to sit at the Durbar, but not to be included in the number of followers attending. The letter concludes by re...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding Lieutenant Swift, who Baring thinks would be suitable for a subordinate appointment within the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] State Railway, should such a position be available and informing Pelly that both W Hibertson Gladstone and Captain Steel think highly of him.
Letter from Lord Northbrook, Government House, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter, marked private, from Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India) discussing the progress of the season's crops and hopes that Rajpootana [Rajasthan] will not need to use any of the Government's supplies this year. The letter goes on to discuss whether...
