Letter from Lewis Pelly, Muskat to The Manager, Oriental Bank, Bombay
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Letter requesting that the bank authorise a cheque for rupees 2,400 for Sayed Thowainee [Thuwaini bin Said], to be taken from the rupees 5,000 deposited there by Sir John Lawrence.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo], to Captain Edwin Dawes, Commanding Berenice
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Letter asking Mr Dawes to despatach an officer in a Bugarah, or one of their own boats, to Bassidore in order to despatch letters and detain a steamer at Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas], as well as to arrange for seventy tons of coal for the gun-boat Clyde. Pelly also instructs that the officer sh...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Nakhilu [Nokhaylo], to the Officer Commanding HMS Clyde
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Letter requesting the officer to proceed with his ship to Bassidore, and if Pelly is not there to proceed to Khen [Kish] Island watching out for native craft en-route.
Letter from Lewis Pelly, off Charrack [Bandar-e-Charack], to Henry Christopher Manse
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Brief letter reporting that Berenice burnt at sea 31 October [1866] and requesting the enclosed telegram be sent to Bombay with a copy for Bushire. Enclosure: Telegram to the Secretary to Government, 5 November 1866, reporting that Berenice burnt at sea about twenty-five miles east of Shaik Sh...
Letter from Lewis Pelly to Captain Edwin Dawes, Commanding Berenice
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Letter enclosing four letters to be sent to various recipients: The Superintendent of Telegraph at Mussendom [Musandam] The Officer Commanding ClydeThe Officer Commanding Mail Steamer Mr Hubert Walton There are letters to all the above recipients on the folios before and after this one, however ...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, On board Earl Canning, off Bushire to Sir Bartle Frere
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Letter informing Sir Bartle that he has learned from statements made by his servants that the fire on board Berenice was caused by servants using naked flames in either the sloop deck or holds. The letter also reports that the Officer commanding May Frere, Mr Arnst has been obstructive and has...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to His Excellency Charles Alison Esquire
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Letter regarding Pelly having been en-route to Muskat to acquire a blood arab mare for Alison when his steamer (Berenice) caught fire and recounting to Alison the incident and his week long journey to reach Bassidore. The letter continues by reporting that the agencies at Muskat and Gwadur have...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Bushire to E C Stevens. Secretary, Windham Club
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Letter regarding Messrs Smith, Elder & Co paying Pelly's membership to the Windham Club as a member absent from the United Kingdom for the years 1866 and 1867.