Note enclosing copies of Lord Elcho's correspondence with the Duke of Argyll and his thoughts on the section of a book which the Duke had referred to. Letter from the Duke of Argyll, Argyll Lodge, Kensington to Lord Elcho, dated 21 May 1879 regarding a notice in the Pall Mall which the Duke assu...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens to Lord Elcho
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Letter, marked copy, thanking Lord Elcho for bringing the Duke of Argyll's attack to his attention and regarding the private apology the Lord had received on Pelly's behalf. The letter also references the book which Pelly had seen but had deemed inappropriate to comment on given his official pos...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Belgrave Mansions, Grosvenor Gardens to Lord Salisbury
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Letter regarding the Duke of Argyll's attack on Pelly; and his offer of a private apology and offering to show his Lordship the correspondence between Lord Elcho and the Duke of Argyll.
Letter from Lord Salisbury, Foreign Office to Lewis Pelly
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Letter accepting Pelly's offer to see the correspondence and informing Pelly that he had been in attendance during the Duke's speech but had missed the Duke's comments regarding Lord Lytton and himself.
Letter from Lord Salisbury, 20 Arlington Street, to Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that had he realised accusations had been made against Pelly he would have 'obtained the Duke's disavowal in the house', and commenting that the reason that no one has answered the statements made in the Duke's book is that no one has read it. He also returns the papers Pe...
Letter from Lord Elcho, 23 St James's Place, to Lewis Pelly
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Letter informing Pelly that he will call on him the day after tomorrow and referring to a letter from Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Elcho's reply to which is enclosed: Letter acknowledging receipt of copies of letters which Sir Colin has sent to The Times and regarding the language the Duke has used ...
Press cuttings from The Times relating to the Duke of Argyll's attack in the House of Lords on Sir Lewis Pelly: 24 May 1879 printed letter from the Duke of Argyll regarding Lord Elcho's intention to speak on the matter in the House of Commons and amending his accusations against Pelly to be accu...
Correspondence concerning the Publication of Pelly's Play The tragedy of Imam Hussein, with Manuscript Copy of Part of the Play and a List of Scenes
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The file relates to a passion play The tragedy of Imam Hussein written by Lewis Pelly which was published in 1879. Included are a list of scenes written by Pelly, with pencil ticks denoting those scenes selected for publication; manuscript copies of two scenes which were not published; and note...
