Letter from Alfred Hyman Louis, London to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding his friendship with Pelly, and giving his personal opinions and thoughts on government and the ruling of the British empire. Mr Louis' handwriting is very difficult to read.
Letter from Sir Henry Rawlinson, London to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Rawlinson's marriage which was due to take place that week but which had been postponed owing to matters in Persia. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's appointment in Persia and proposes that he apply to return to India via Herat and Cabul [Kabul] in order to demonstrate to L...
Letter from Lewis Pelly, Calcutta, to The Earl Canning
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Letter to Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount and Earl Canning, regarding the news that Mr Barnes is contemplating retirement from the Foreign Office and requesting that his name be put forward for consideration should a vacancy arise there.
Letter from L C A Scote [Scott?], 11 Northumberland Terrace, Primrose Hill, London to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding Alfred Hyman Louis and his wife Elizabeth and their recent emigration to Melbourne, Australia which has been caused by recent events in England and Mr Louis not being able to work in England. The letter discusses the difficulties for Mrs Louis in leaving her circle of friends an...
Letter from Robert Lambert Playfair, Zanzibar to Lewis Pelly
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Letter regarding his recent tour of Mozambique and the Comores [Comoros] and giving news of Mr Finley who has been made to resign his consulate by Earl Russell. The letter goes on to discuss Pelly's position in Bushire, Playfair's intention to remain in Zanzibar for a few years and his hopes o...
Letter from Thomas Henry Sanderson, Foreign Office to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter making arrangements for Pelly to see Lord Derby (Edward Stanley, 15th Earl Derby, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) at the Foreign Office on 9 May 1874.
Letter from Thomas Henry Sanderson, Foreign Office to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter informing Pelly that Lord Derby (Edward Stanley, 15th Earl Derby, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) has been summoned to the cabinet at 3pm (when Pelly had been due to see him) and suggesting he call there at 2.30pm instead.
Letter from Horace George Walpole, India Office to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter informing Pelly that the Secretary of State for India (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury) will be happy to present him at the Royal Levée on 1 June 1874.
Letter from J S Townsend, The Manchester Guardian, 9 Northumberland Street, Strand, London to Sir Lewis Pelly, CSI, Agent to the Governor-General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]
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Letter thanking Pelly for a list of his public services he had sent in, and amending the time at which they are to meet the following day.
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.
