Letter from Hubert Izaak Walton, Indo-European Telegraph Department, Kurrachee [Karachi] to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the ongoing work on the telegraph line and the need for another line via Gwadur [Gwadar], Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Shiraz and Teheran [Tehran] in order to join up with the Russian telegraph system. The letter goes on to discuss the delays that have been occuring in message ...
Letter regarding the arrival of Commander Montresor and HMS Severn in Bombay and the Commander's arrangements to assist Pelly in the Gulf and send steam tenders to Muscat. The letter also discusses the situation in Muscat including the various scenarios that could arise if Sultan Thoweynee [Say...
Letter from Herbert Edward Jacomb, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding obtaining a consignment of pearl oysters from the Persian Gulf in order to replenish existing exhausted pearl beds in Ceylon [Sir Lanka].
Letter from Saville Marriot Pelly , Gulan? to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding his departure from Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] and his safe arrival in Gulan? and requesting that Pelly inform Kitty [Catherine Frances Hojel, his sister-in-law] that he will write to her the following day. The letter also discusses a conversation he had with the Governor of Bomba...
Letter from Abraham Nickson Hojel, Bombay to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a recent conversation Hojel had with Sir Bartle Frere (Governor of Bombay) about the possibility of his being appointed to Bushire, a visit from Pelly's brother Augustus and news from Mrs Pelly (either Jane Billing Pelly or Deborah Morris Pelly both née Morris and sisters of Hoj...
Letter from George T Robinson, Office of the Superintendent of Marine, Bombay to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the Clyde's departure for Mussendom [Musandam] and the lack of available steamers which has prevented it from towing one to the Gulf. The letter also reports on Hugh Rose's anticipated departure for Gwadur [Gwadar] and coal supplies for Bassidore.
Letter regarding Pelly's vindication of his recent proceedings following the censure of the Government of India and the Government's letter arriving in Simla along with the Governor of Bombay (Sir Henry Bartle Frere)'s support on him in the matter. The letter goes on to discuss the financial cr...
Letter from Abraham Nickson Hojel, Bombay to Edward Hope Percival, Private Secretary to the Governor of Bombay
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Letter informing Percival that should the Governor of Bombay be willing to appoint him as Residency Surgeon he would gladly go to the Persian Gulf, with the hope of obtaining one of the Assistanship positions later should they be sanctioned. The letter notes however that in taking up the positio...
