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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 42-45
Title:: Letter from Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Government House, Calcutta to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter, marked private, requesting that Pelly write a short summary of the measures he has taken regarding the general administration of Baroda to show that all measures have been in accordance with the recommendations of the original Commission and its advice to Malharrao, which he had stated h...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Jan 1875
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 46-47
Title:: Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the need to adhere to the rules regarding presents for native Chiefs and explaining why exceptions to those rules cannot be made.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Mar 1875
Extent:: 2 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/82, ff 48-53
Title:: Letter from Lord Northbrook (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Delhi to Sir Lewis Pelly
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 27 Mar 1875
Extent:: 6 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/83, ff 1-5
Title:: Letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to His Lordship Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India
Scope & Content:: Letter submitting an unofficial résumé of the condition that he has found affairs at Baroda to be in. The letter discusses the Gaekwar's (Malharrao) reaction to the khureeta issued by the Viceroy and Pelly's subsequent appointment and his willingness to be bound by the Viceroy's advice; letters...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 13 Dec 1874
Extent:: 5 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/83, ff 6-12
Title:: Letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to His Lordship Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India
Scope & Content:: Letter regarding the confession of the Jemadar to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre and enclosing a résumé (ff 9v-12) of the corroborative evidence that has come to light following the confession, as well as reporting that the Commissioner of Police (Frank Henry Souter) is proceed...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Dec 1874
Extent:: 7 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/84, ff 2-13
Title:: 1875. Baroda. Notes as to Bombay Govt.
Scope & Content:: Five letters from representatives of the Bombay Government to Lewis Pelly discussing affairs in Baroda: Letter from C Currey, Bombay to Sir Lewis Pelly, 7 January 1875, apologising that he was unable to visit Baroda as he was recalled to Bombay a day early. The letter goes on to ask whether the ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Jan 1875-21 Jan 1875
Extent:: 10 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/84, ff 14-39
Title:: Correspondence with Officials in Calcutta
Scope & Content:: Letters from Government of India Officials and the Viceroy's Private Secretary's Office: Letter from William Muir, Financial Department, Government of India to Sir Lewis Pelly, 23 December 1874, regarding Opium including its revenue, cultivation throughout the empire and the need to prevent its ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 4 Nov 1874-21 Feb 1875
Extent:: 26 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/84, ff 40-47
Title:: The Governor of Bombay
Scope & Content:: Correspondence with the Governor of Bombay, Sir Philip Edmond Wodehouse: Letter from Sir Philip Wodehouse, Parell, to Sir Lewis Pelly, 1 December 1874, regarding an alternative solution for Baroda, to include: Colonel Robert Phayre being removed from his post and replaced by someone appointed by...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Nov 1874-1 Dec 1874
Extent:: 8 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/84, ff 48-51
Title:: 'Threatening Letters'
Scope & Content:: Death threat made towards the Viceroy (Thomas George Baring, Second Baron Northbrook), Sir Lewis Pelly, Mr Frank Henry Souter, Khan Bahadoor Acbar Ali [Akbar 'Ali Khan Bahadur] and Rao Sahib Gujanand Withul, in relation to the Baroda Proclamation and the deposition of the Gaekwar of Baroda (Malh...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jan 1875
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F126/85, f 8
Title:: 'Statement of Offences imputed by the Government of India to His Highness Mulhar Rao Guikwar and to be enquired into by Special Commission'
Scope & Content:: 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 ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [15 Jan 1875]
Extent:: 1 folio

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