Letter from Lord Lytton (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton) to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter congratulating Pelly on his recent engagement and regarding recent enquiries into the possibility of Pelly receiving an appointment to the Council of India.
Letter from George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, 7 Apsley Terrace, Acton to Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Pelly's desire to have a work published and suggesting that perhaps a reprint of the work on John Jacob or the Indian Frontier Policy might suit him as it could be done quickly. The letter goes on to advise Pelly on what would be needed to make such a work successful and who he...
Letter from George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood, Department of the Reporter on the Products of India, India Office, London to Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI, Agent for Governor General Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter, marked confidential, informing Pelly that his (Birdwood)'s authority for Tehran had come from an India Office official and that the 'gossiping old Indian' had been spreading the Bombay report.
Letter from Philip Durham Henderson, Foreign Office, Simla to Colonel Lewis Pelly, CSI, Officiating Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding arrangements for the Viceroy (Lord Northbrook)'s arrival in Agra and further arrangements for the elephant procession.
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter regarding Lieutenant Swift, who Baring thinks would be suitable for a subordinate appointment within the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] State Railway, should such a position be available and informing Pelly that both W Hibertson Gladstone and Captain Steel think highly of him.
Letter from Lord Northbrook, Government House, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter, marked private, from Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook, Viceroy of India) discussing the progress of the season's crops and hopes that Rajpootana [Rajasthan] will not need to use any of the Government's supplies this year. The letter goes on to discuss whether...
Letter from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary's Office, Government House, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter, marked private, from Evelyn Baring, Private Secretary to the Viceroy, enclosing correspondence on a recent matter and suggesting that Pelly have a private word with Colonel Leslie Saunders regarding it. Enclosed with the letter is the following correspondence: Letter from Evelyn Baring...