Letter from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to Andrew Richard Scoble
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Brief letter in response to Scoble's letter of 10 March (folio 35) concurring with Scoble's view of the case and request to only call certain witnesses as proof.
Letter on Lewis Pelly's behalf to George Edwin Seward
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Letter, written on Lewis Pelly's behalf, instructing Seward to visit Gunput Rao Bulvant and make any necessary arrangements for his health, and that if necessary from a medical standpoint he may return to his house but under surveillance.
Letter from Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Delhi to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's need to depart from Baroda for health reasons and Sir Richard Meade being contacted to replace him, as well as requesting that Pelly remain at Baroda until Sir Richard arrives, which will most likely be once the Commission has issued its report and fresh arrangements wil...
'Statement of Offences imputed by the Government of India to His Highness Mulhar Rao Guikwar and to be enquired into by Special Commission'
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The statement details the four offences which His Highness Mulhar Rao [Malharrao] Guikwar [Gaekwad] is accused of: That His Highness, through agents and in person, held secret communications for improper purposes with some of the servants employed by Colonel Phayre, the Resident at Baroda. That ...
Copy Service Telegram from Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Foreign Secretary, Calcutta
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Letter reporting that he had dropped the Bhou Scindia case and had also refrained from sending the Govind Naik case to the magistrate, as well as instructing the police to refrain from further enquiry into either case.
Copy Telegram from the Private Secretary to the Governor General (Captain Evelyn Baring), Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda
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Telegram regarding Sir Dinkar Rao having received assurances that a full native administration would be restored in Baroda following the enquiry prior to accepting his office as a member of the commission, and regarding his questions relating to the possible need for a new native administration ...
Copy Telegram from to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Private Secretary to the Governor General (Captain Evelyn Baring), Calcutta
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Telegram regarding Pelly having made a return visit to Sir Dinkar Rao and their subsequent interview in which it was determined that Sir Dinkar's desire was for his opinion in matters relating to the native administration and the succession to be given proper consideration and that he would pref...
Copy Telegram from to Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Charles Umpherston Aitchison), Calcutta
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Telegram from Pelly suggesting that Aitchison might be interested to see a telegram (folio 12) which Pelly had sent to the Private Secretary to the Viceroy, Captain Evelyn Baring.
