Letter regarding Russian movements at Bokhara [Bukhara]; correspondence relating to Muskat [Muscat] affairs and the printing of Pelly's Afghanistan journal.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Alfred Hyman Louis
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Letter regarding Pelly's desire to transfer his shares from the Agra bank to the Bombay bank and asking Louis to check on the securities on his behalf and to collect the power of attorney letter from the Agra bank and send it to him torn in half.
Letter enclosing a bill for a pump which was purchased by Pelly for the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ameer [Amir] and arranging for its payment by the Foreign Office. The letter also discusses the growing importance of Russia's movements in Central Asia.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter regarding Pelly's disdain at the British Government's apparent policy of protecting peoples of other religions and races at the expense of their own subjects, who in the Guld are being left unprotected and molested so that African races on the East coast can instead be protected. The let...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat to an undisclosed recipient
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Letter making arrangements for four horses to be shipped to Calcutta on the British India Steam Navigation Company vessel Penang. The letter also provides details of each horse and informs the recipient of the letter that a member of Pelly's residency staff will accompany the horses.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat to The Manager, Oriental Bank, Bombay
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Letter requesting that the bank authorise a cheque for rupees 2,400 for Sayed Thowainee [Thuwaini bin Said], to be taken from the rupees 5,000 deposited there by Sir John Lawrence.
