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1441. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 190-191

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/71, ff 190-191
Title:
Letter from James Cavan Berkeley, Camp Kota to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 25 February 1874, submitting his opinion, in accordance with the views of Government, that 500 muskets should be supplied to the Tonk Durbar and promising the ensure the corresponding number of old arms are destroyed. The verso of folio 191 contains a pencil note from Henry Byam A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1442. Mss Eur F126/71, ff 192-193

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/71, ff 192-193
Title:
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Brief letter informing Pelly that his request for a confidential clerk had been sanctioned.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1874
Extent:
2 folios

1443. Mss Eur F126/72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72
Title:
Bickaneer [Bīkāner] Agency - D.O. Letters from Captain Burton
Scope & Content:
Demi-official letters from Captain Charles William Burton, Political Agent at Bikaneer [Bīkāner], to Lewis Pelly, and Pelly's predecessor as Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana [Rājasthān], Colonel John Cheape Brooke. The correspondence discusses administrative matters in Bickaneer inclu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1873-19 Feb 1874
Extent:

1 file, 11 items (43 folios)

1444. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 2-3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 2-3
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Camp Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel John Cheape Brooke, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for the State of Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding a demi-official report which had been forwarded by Colonel Brooke. The report contained translation of an extract from the Pudh Akhbar, dated 3 January 1873, and described a Fakeer, Ameer Ally Sow [Amir Ali Sow], who was living in Bickaneer and giving his family background, how ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1873
Extent:
2 folios

1445. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 4-7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 4-7
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel John Cheape Brooke
Scope & Content:
Letter, dated 18 June 1873, informing Colonel Brooke that the Fakeer Ameer Ally Sow [Amir Ali Sow] had died. The reverse of folio five contains a note from Lewis Pelly to Henry Byam Abbott, dated 21 July 1873, asking about letters received from Government concerning the Fakeer. Folios 6-7 ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1873
Extent:
4 folios

1446. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 8-20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 8-20
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter detailing the complaints of the Fharhoors? against the Chief of Bickaneer (Dungar Singh), including: difficulties for local Chief's in handling complaints relation to the practices of their predecessors the current Maharaja and difficulties with him problems with the collecting and levyi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1873
Extent:
13 folios

1447. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 21-22
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter regarding his inability to leave Bickaneer [Bīkāner] and meet with Pelly in Jodhpore [Jodhpur] owing to the state of disquiet at that time, and regarding the difficulties being caused by the Maharaja (Dungar Singh) being on unfriendly terms with various groups and individuals which have n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1873
Extent:
2 folios

1448. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 23-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 23-24
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter confirming that he would not be able to leave Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to meet with Pelly owing to the ongoing difficulties with the Maharaja, and regarding various complaints which have been taken up and the slow pace with which they were being resolved.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1873
Extent:
2 folios

1449. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 25-28
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a note from Pundit Munphool in which he asks to be considered for the Dewanship of Kotah, and giving his (Burton's) recommendation of him as a being capable of the role and referncing an excerpt from his annual report to Colonel John Cheape Brooke 31 May 1873 in which he had rep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1873
Extent:
4 folios

1450. Mss Eur F126/72, ff 29-32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F126/72, ff 29-32
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles William Burton, Bickaneer [Bīkāner] to Colonel Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:
Letter, with copy, reporting on his meeting with the Maharaja (Dungar Singh), Lal Singh's objections to going to Jeypore [Jaipur] owing to his concerns over matters of etiquette and proposing instead to meet Colonel Pelly at Ajmere [Ajmer]. The letter goes on to discuss the advantages of convers...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1873
Extent:
4 folios