Letter from Colonel Craven Hildesley Dickens, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the difficulty in finding a good builder for the Ajmere [Ajmer] College and proposing that Major Wells could undertake the works with the help of a good assistant engineer.
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a request from the Doctor (Surgeon Major William Eddowes) with the Erinpoora [Erinpura] Force to be considered for the vacancy with the Deolee [Deoli] Force when its Doctor (Surgeon Major Frederick William Alexander De Fabeck) goes on furlough; and regarding Sir Frederick Haines...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the exact definition of 'native of India' including the official citation of its definition and its inclusion of Eurasian's within it. The letter also discusses the approval for Captain Percy William Powlett's appointment as Political Agent of the Second Class under the new app...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the proposed school of arts in Ajmere [Ajmer] and explaining that although Lord Northbrook is in favour of increasing such schools he cannot sanction the expenditure and informing Pelly that a letter to Leslie Saunders will be sent stating this too. The letter goes on to discus...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked private, requesting that Pelly explain the Mallawan adoption case to Aitchison in a private letter, and not to worry about the misdating of some letters.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding a report which he is awaiting from Pelly, and regarding a letter sent half in cypher which is strictly forbidden as its risks the cypher being easily discovered.
Letter from Colonel William Earle, Military Secretary to the Viceroy, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter, dated 4 September 1873, informing Pelly that the Viceroy (Lord Northbrook) had accepted Major Charles Henry Clay's withdrawal of his words and explanation as satisfactory. An addendum to the letter, dated 13 September 1873, forwards the letter on to an undisclosed party (most likely Maj...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding difficulties with the Mayo College and a conflict over the proposed arrangements with the Military Department rules regarding salary for the College Principal. The letter also discusses Captain Ashton Mills Brandreth of the Civil Engineers who has been recommended for the appo...
Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Foreign Department, Government of India, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly
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Letter requesting Pelly's opinion on and knowledge of Dr V Giacchino with whom he was acquainted in Persia and who had applied for employment with Sir Salar Jung (Mir Turab Ali Khan) in the Nizam's reformed troops.
