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Letter from Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter, In charge, Agent Governor General's Office, Rajputana [Rājasthān], Abu to Lieutenant-Colonel Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy
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Letter enclosing a memorandum, dated 6 September 1876, for the attention of His Excellency the Viceroy (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Second Baron Lytton), giving his views on the personal concessions and acts of grace that would be suitable for the Chiefs of Rajputana [Rājasthān] at the forthcoming Imp...
Enclosures of Letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.213, dated 27 November 1874: Nos. 3 to 31 of Abstract of Contents, from Foreign Department, Fort William
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Enclosures 3-31 that accompanied letter No.213 to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, with a list of abstracts to the enclosures, comprising mainly correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, the Resident at Baroda, the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Secretary to the Gov...
Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.11, dated 15 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 45 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Fort William
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The enclosures relate to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre, formerly Political Resident at Baroda, including the Colonels interviews with the staff at the Residency on duty the day of the poisoning, and the implication that the Gaekwar of Baroda had ordered it. Also discussed are ...
Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.17, dated 22 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 26 of Abstract of Contents, from the Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William
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The enclosures relate to the progress being made by Lewis Pelly as Special Commissioner at Baroda including improvements to revenue collections, proposals for land settlements, and attempts at arranging discussions to settle grievances and complaints between the Sirdars and Sillidars and the Gae...
Enclosures of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.18, dated 22 January 1875: Nos. 3 to 30 Abstract of Contents from the Foreign Department, Fort William
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The enclosures consist of correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department (Charles Umpherston Aitchison); Secretary to the Government at Bombay (Charles Gonne); and the Agent, Governor-General and Special Commissioner at Baroda (Lewis Pelly). The correspondenc...
Enclosure of letter to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, No.25, from the Foreign Department, Fort William
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The enclosure comprises letter No.293P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Fort William to Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Political Department. The letter is regarding the removal of Colonel Robert Phayre as Residen...
Notes by Lewis Pelly regarding a telegram sent by the Viceroy
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Note, written by Lewis Pelly, recording that a copy of a telegram had been made 28 March 1875. The telegram in question is included and is from the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook) to Pelly regarding Pelly's telegram about the poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre and regard...
Letter No.1 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter suggesting that Pelly number his Baroda letters sequentially and seal them using a private seal, so that the contents would be private and only seen by himself. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's appointment as Special Commissioner at Baroda being well received in the papers; the Vic...
Letter No.2 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter acknowledging receipt of various letters and telegrams from Pelly, informing Pelly that the Government of India have reached some decisions on the course of action should certain contingencies occur; and reporting that all his proceedings to date have been approved by the Viceroy (Thomas ...
Letter No.3, from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked private and confidential, dated 18 January 1875, informing Pelly that Frank Henry Souter (Commissioner of Police at Bombay) was en route and was bringing official letters with him. The letter goes on to report that the law officers had concluded that the Gaekwar (Malharrao, Gaek...
