Letter from Lewis Pelly, Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding Pelly's travel schedule and his meetings with local Chiefs and Thakoors [Thakurs], his hopes of being in Calcutta 25 or 26 October and Lord Northbrooks invitation to Government House. The letter goes on to recount a pleasant visit to Major Walter, his ongoing troubles with Sau...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Rohut [Rohat] to Colonel John Allen Wright
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Letter urging Wright to undertake the work in his jurisdiction on the settlement of boundaries and requesting that Lieutenant Yate proceed to Minbahera [Nīmbāhera] to undertake boundary work there once finished his current work as the Political Agent there has gone on medical leave. The letter...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp enroute from Jodhpore [Jodhpur] to Palee [Pāli] to Captain Evelyn Baring
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Letter accepting the invitation to Government House and discussing matters in Rajputana. The matters discussed include Pelly's visit to Jodhpore [Jodhpur] and his observations on the architecture of the Jodhpore fort; his full itinerary including work to be done at Ajmere [Ajmer] owing to the d...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to Charles Umpherston Aitchison
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Letter regarding submissions for promotion in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and the movements of the various agents: Colonel Macdonald at Deolee [Deoli] who is proceeding on privilege leave and has applied for permission to retire and recommending Major Clay to succeed him; Captain Shuttleworth (Canto...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to General Sir Edward Lechmere Russell
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Letter in response to the General regarding the case of Captain McRae and communicating to headquarters the General's opinions of the officer. The letter also discusses the recent weather in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] and the Loowiasha at Jeypore [Jaipur] in honour of the opening of the state railw...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Ajmere [Ajmer] to Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff
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Letter regarding Grant-Duff's travels from Ahmedabad which Pelly informs him will be impassable by road and recommending instead the train from Bombay to Jeypore [Jaipur] from where a carriage and horses could be laid on to Ajmere [Ajmer] and Nusseerabad [Nasīrābād] and further should he wish to...
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Colonel John Allen Wright
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Note enclosing a telegram from Calcutta regarding the illness of the Maharana [Shambhu Singh] of Oodeypore [Udaipur] and instructing him to remain at the palace as much as possible and describing the protocol for the last hours of a Chief's life: Copy of a telegram from the Foreign Secretary to ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Camp Sambhur [Sāmbhar] to Colonel John Allen Wright
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Letter regarding the continuation of the Maharana's [Maharana Shambhu Singh] illness; a request for Dr. [William James] Moore to assist which could not be fulfilled owing to Dr Moore being in England and approval of the request for a medical officer from Neemuch [Nimach] to attend. The letter a...