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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 112-113
Title:: Letter from Meer Kamaloodeen Hoosein Khan [Sayyid Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Khān], Nawab of Baroda, Baroda to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Sir Richard Meade who has been appointed as Lewis Pelly's replacement in Baroda, and enquiring after Pelly's health. The letter itself is written in English; however; Meer Kamaloodeen Hoosein Khan [Sayyid Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Khān], Nawab of Baroda's signature has been written i...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and Urdu
Date Range:: 6 Jun 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 114-115
Title:: Letter from [Charles Umpherston Aitchison], Gorton Castle, Simla to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Pelly's retinue; an outbreak of cholera in Simla; and Aitchison's plans for returning to England. The letter itself is missing the last folio(s) including the signature of the author, who has been identified through his handwriting as Charles Umpherston Aitchison.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 23 Aug 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 116-117
Title:: Letter from Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton, Dorking, Surrey to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:: Letter asking if Pelly would enquire after his son Alfred, who was serving in India with the 56th Regiment and also asking whether Pelly would consider employing him in his own department.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Sep 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 118-119
Title:: Letter from Donald Robertson, Horringer Rectory, nr Bury St Edmunds to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding Donaldson's hopes of obtaining an appointment in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] on his return to India and asking if Pelly would be willing to write a few lines in support of his application.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 3 Sep 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 121-122
Title:: Letter from Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton, Dorking, Surrey to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:: Letter thanking Pelly for information regarding the Political Department which he had sent for his son Alfred; sending Pelly a pamphlet on learning 'living' languages (no longer enclosed); and regarding the Prince of Wales's (Albert Edward, later Edward VII) forthcoming visit to India.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Sep 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 124-125
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Windham Club, St James's Square, London to Lord George Hamilton, Under Secretary of State for India
Scope & Content:: Draft letter to Lord George Hamilton, Under Secretary of State for India regarding private letters he had received from Lord Northbrook which contained assurances that he might remain in England until November 1876.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 25 Sep 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 126-127
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Windham Club, St James's Square, London to My Lord Marquis (Marquess of Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil)
Scope & Content:: Draft letter, which appears to be written to the Marquess of Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, in his capacity as Secretary of State for India regarding the private note he has received from Lord Northbrook which contains assurances that he can remain in England until November 1876, but offering...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 25 Sep 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 128-129
Title:: Letter from the Marquess of Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil), Chalet Cecil, Puys, nr Dieppe, France to Sir Lewis Pelly, in England
Scope & Content:: Letter thanking Pelly for the offer to return to service in India should he be required even though he is on furlough.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Sep 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 130-131
Title:: Letter from Sidney Owen, Oxford to Sir Lewis Pelly, in England
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding difficulties in compiling a complete list of Pelly's service and requesting a catalogue of Pelly's publications too.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 6 Jan 1876
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/7, ff 132-133
Title:: Letter from Lewis Pelly, Windham Club, St James Square, London to Lord George Hamilton, Under Secretary of State for India
Scope & Content:: Letter enclosing a copy of Pelly's resume of public service along with printed letters which cover his career up to 1872 (none are any longer enclosed). The letter also details that the operations in Behrein [Bahrain] for which Pelly was recommended for the KCSI (Knight Commander of the Order ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 21 Jan 1876
Extent:: 2 folios

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