Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Camp to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Letter regarding the giving of 'utter and pau' by both the Viceroy and Foreign Secretary and the different classes of Chiefs who are entitled to receive it.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Officiating Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Letter regarding a recent illness which Pelly is recovering from, which had concerned his friends as the symptons had been similar to those of jungle fever, and suggesting he return to England with Aitchison in April to recover. The letter goes on to discuss a proposal by Pelly for a Confidenti...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Foreign Department, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rajasthan]
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Letter informing Pelly that the Governor-General had been asking after his health and when he intended on going on leave; that Aitchison had informed him how matters stood in Rajpootana [Rajasthan] and of the medical adviser's recommendation that three months leave would be succifient time for h...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the Aitchison's departing for Scotland that evening and providing Pelly with their address whilst there; a meeting with Sir Bartle Frere; and the fact he will have to go back to the India Office on his return from Scotland as there is much work to be done.
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Clement Park, Lochee, Dundee to Lewis Pelly
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Letter providing Pelly with the details of the trains from London to Edinburgh and the onward trains to Dundee so that Pelly can come and stay with them. A postscript to the letter contains a further invitiation for Pelly to visit issued by Mr and Mrs Cox, Beatrice Aitchison's parents, with wh...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Umballa to Lewis Pelly
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Letter, marked private, regarding the Viceroy's decision to replace Pelly at Baroda which was taken out of concern for Pelly's health and over the effect that Pelly suddenly being taken ill during proceedings there could potentially have. The letter also gives Aitchison's opinions on the policy ...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Clement Park, Lochee, Dundee to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, KCSI
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Letter regarding Aitchison's attempts to contact Pelly in London to invite him to dine with them and the subsequent discovery that Pelly had gone to India with Lord Lytton, and speculating that given the mystery surrounding his movements he is either going to handle Khelat [Kelat] affairs or be ...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Hotel Metropolw, Schwalbach, Germany to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding additional honours that have been confirmed on Pelly, and congratulating him on them as well as discussing Pelly's recent work (in Aghanistan) and regarding Aitchison's opinion that the policy being pursued there is a bad one. The letter goes on to discuss attempts at meeting u...
Letter, addressed to Tullum Pelly, thanking him for taking the time to read a letter from her husband; inviting Pelly to come and see them whenever he is able and suggesting that he might like to come and see the opening of the Tay Bridge, as the weather is too unpleasant to ask him to come righ...
Letter from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, 2 Manor Place, North, Edinburgh to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding the arrival in Edinburgh; the journey from Rotterdam; and their intention of going off on travels to visit friends. The letter also informs Pelly that he expects to be in London on 10 September and will be staying in the Charing Cross Hotel and gives dining arrangements for that...
